Have you ever read a book that stays with you long after you've turned the last page? The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost are two literary works that explore the themes of loss of youth and innocence and the beauty of life. These themes are interrelated and are evident in both the novel and the poem, as well as in Johnny’s message to Ponyboy to “stay gold”. One of the major themes explored in The Outsiders is the loss of youth and innocence. This theme
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are two groups, Socs and the Greasers, they have a rivalry with each other; the Greasers are known for having bad reputations that will never go anywhere in life and are poor, while the Socs can be disrespectful to the community, but an asset to the community the next day, and with a lot of money. In the novel, S.E. Hinton includes Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” to focus on the poem’s deeper meaning. When examining Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can
In the Outsiders by S.E Hinton the theme is that nothing good can stay. For example the sun never stays up, it always goes down. In the poem “Nothing Gold can stay” and the Outsiders the themes are almost Identical. The theme is that nothing good ever lasts forever, and that all good things must go. The Outsiders presents a roller coaster of events where things go from atrocious to wonderful. In the beginning of the book when Pony and Cherry always look at the sunset, the sun represents the gold
“Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold...So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay”. This is a line from Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. In the poem gold can represent many different things like security, innocence, and hope. Robert Frost's poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay¨ is the link between two seemingly different novels. In The pearl and The outsiders security or gold doesnt stay. Kino is the main character in the pearl. He is a pearl diver who has found a huge
‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’, by Robert Frost is an important part of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. Explain how the poem relates to the key events in the novel. The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel written by S.E.Hinton, tells the story of the loss of innocence due to violence and grief through fourteen year old Ponyboy Curtis’ eyes. Robert Frost’s 1923 poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, is referred to in the novel. The author deliberately includes the poem to reject the idea of Nothing Gold Can Stay; show how
Had you ever wondered how the novel ¨The Outsiders¨ and the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay compared? How do they relate to each other? How they are similar to each other? In the novel ¨The Outsiders¨ by S.E Hinton, there was the greasers and the sos. When Ponyboy and Johnny member of the greasers kill Bob a soc member they now have to go into hiding. Then they come back to fight at the end. The poem “Nothing gold can stay” by Robert Frost, means that nothing valuable, beautiful, and perfect can ever
In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, is about the rivalry between the greasers and the socials (socs). The separation of the greasers is tough and the tension of the greasers and the socs causes many problems throughout the novel. In the novel The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton includes various themes, like one major one, stereotypes, the greasers and socs. Also the noel has many motifs throughout the novel. A important motif in The Outsiders is the saying “Stay Gold” . One example is on
hospital and the rumble. All are apart of the book and movie, The Outsiders. In it, a group of Greaser boys have a close bond. An unexpected night occurs and Johnny murders a Soc. Johnny and Pony run away and soon, along with Dally, they save children from a fire. Johnny’s doesn’t look good and he dies. Dally gets into some trouble and gets shot. There are many similarities and differences between the movie and book version of The Outsiders because of events in the movie, book, and both. The book by
The Outsiders, a coming-of-age novel written by S.E.Hinton, tells the story of the loss of innocence due to violence and grief through fourteen year old Ponyboy Curtis’ eyes. Robert Frost’s 1923 poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, is referred to in the novel. The author deliberately includes the poem to reject the idea of Nothing Gold Can Stay; show how growing up can force us to get rid of our innocence; and to show the connection between the boys losing their ‘paradise’ and the poem. The concept of
similarities and differences in the book and the movie. The themes are very important to. “Stay gold Ponyboy, Stay gold.” A similarity in the book and movie is they both have the book Gone with the Wind in them. Gone with the Wind was very important to Johnny and Ponyboy because Ponyboy would read it to Johnny. The book and the movie also have “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost in them. Nothing Gold Can Stay was very important to Ponyboy because it reminds him of his parents and that nothing