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Why We Shouldn T Ponyboy Stay In The Outsiders

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In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, the issue is if the main character, Ponyboy should stay with his brothers or go into the system. Ponyboy should stay with his brothers. The reason this is an issue is because Ponyboy lives in a gang environment and only has his two older brothers to raise him and people believe that he should not live like that.
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. …show more content…

The people who believe that pony should not tay have broughten up many valid points and reasons as to why Ponyboy should go and they have also quoted things from the novel that support their reasoning, for example “I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I had some company. Greasers can’t walk alone much or they’ll get jumped.” (Hinton, pg.2) this shows that being in this gang can be dangerous for Ponyboy and that it puts him at risk of being attacked or worse, even killed. They argued that this kind of environment was not good for someone to be raised in but, Ponyboy is a street smart guy and has friends and his two brothers to help him if anything should happen. Also, Ponyboy knows where to stay away from so he doesn't get jumped. The other side has admittedly made good points but, the reasons as to why Ponyboy should stay are stronger in

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