Ponyboy In The Outsiders

Ponyboy Curtis in the fourteen-year-old boy that explains the story in both the book and the movie, and also the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy is very intelligent compared to the rest of the gang he is most defenatly the smartest to them all. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop in both the book and movie. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense in the book more so then in the movie, but Ponyboy is a much brighter then his brother takes him for. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love but in the movie they dont focus on his school as much. He matures over the course of the book and the movie both.

One characteristic Ponyboy shares most in The Outsiders is his intelligence. In the beginning of the book, S.E. Hinton states, ¨I'm supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything, but I don't use my head. Besides, I like walking.¨ The author explains in this quote how Ponyboy is both smart and has common sense. After Johnny killed Bob, Ponyboy and Johnny use their intelligence to decide to go to Dally for help getting the items they need while on the run.

Due to his gang’s influences, Ponyboy becomes a loyal, emotional and unruly greaser. He stays with his friends when they are in trouble, gets scared by Socs and smokes and drinks. Throughout the book, Pony witnessed many tragedies like his friends dieing. Because he survived many traumas, Pony became the kid he is

Imagine being dumb, stealing and carrying blades everywhere you go, and being unable to feel deeply, those words would make people think of Greasers. Most people when they think of gangs they think, that they fight, steal, and do not care about what is going on around them. Those statements that Greaser's and other assortments of gangs are dumb, criminals, and unfeeling may not be true, Ponyboy, the main character in S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, opposes all of those statements.

In the outsiders, the first chapter introduces the main character, Ponyboy and gives a short history about him and his family. He designates the difference between the relationships between the members in his gang, and the relationship between both of his brothers. His parents were killed in a car accident, so that’s why he was just left alone to live with his older 2 brothers.

Ponyboy Curtis probably changes more throughout the course of The Outsiders than any other character. His loss of innocence is a major theme of the novel. Pony is a good student at the start of the story, and he is a member of the track team. Aside from the death of his parents, Pony has suffered less than most of the characters. His older brother, Darry, tries to protect him from the gang violence that

Why doesn't Johnny and Ponyboy come clean and confess to the police about murdering Bob in self-defense? The reason that Ponyboy and Johnny didn't come clean is because they were scared and didn't want to go to jail. Also because Ponyboy didn't know if the soc was gonna kill him or just trying to give him a scare or if the soc was actually trying to kill him. Another reason is because if Ponyboy confessed to it then the cops would most likely believe the socs then the greasers.

In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the biggest influences in shaping Ponyboy’s identity are creativity, how he’s different from the rest of the gang, and his hair. The first example of how creativity and his difference with the rest of the gang is, when Ponyboy walks home alone home from the movie in the first chapter because he “likes to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with actors. … I’m different that way” (Hinton 2). Ponyboy wanted to go to the movie alone so he can “get into them and live with actors.” This shows creativity because being able to get into books and dream is being creative. He wants to live and be with the actors and watching movies and reading books which is a good way to be able to get into another

The reason that Ponyboy should stay is before he only lived with his brothers, he lived with his parents and siblings but, their parents unfortunately died in a car accident and his brothers and friends are all he has left and it would not be right to take him away from the people he is close to. A quote to support this are, “What would it be like, i wondered, in a different ceiling? What would it be like in a different bed, in a different room? There was a hard painful lump in my throat that i couldn't swallow.” (Hinton, pg.

Outsider the term to many may mean someone who isn't from the same town, city or platoon, or social group. But ponyboy is an outsider to his group he is different he may be the same as other people. But he was becoming like them after johnny died he was getting tuff. Which considering how he is throughout the book that is bad he should not change. That is why it's a good thing at the end when he starts reading johnny's letter.

In the story, The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy is either to be sentenced to a boys home or to stay with his brother Darry. Ponyboy shouldn’t be thrown into a boys home, but to stay with Darry because he is such a hardworking and caring guy.

He is himself, and this allows him to be special. In one instance, Ponyboy causes some Soc’s to retreat by brandishing a broken piece of glass at them and threatens to split them if they don't leave. This is found in chapter 12 page 171 in the book. We can also recall how he responded to when faced with having to rescue the children from the burning church. While some might see this as an extraordinary act of bravery, especially considering Ponyboy's injuries, he is humble about the act.

Ponyboy Curtis is a hero for multiples reasons. Even though he was depressed and sick ponyboy still participated in the rumble for his friends and his brother because he wanted to help despite his disabilities. After he and Johnny run away, even though he is running from the cops and had a awful few days he still chose to risk his life to save strangers he didn’t know. Ponyboy definitely fits my definition of a hero.

Ponyboy is different because he lives with his brothers instead of his parents, the other

In the story, Ponyboy believes that Darry could easily become a Soc. Ponyboy goes on to