Character Analysis Of Darry Curtis In The Outsiders

The character in the Outsiders we are doing is Darry Curtis considered the “Though One” or “Muscles”. He is six-feet-two and the brother and keeper of Sodapop and Ponyboy Curtis. He is the oldest of the gang. He is smart and the only thing keeping him from being a Socs is being the guardian of his two brothers. He has to be the most responsible because if he doesn’t Soda and Pony will get taken to a boy’s home. Like his brothers, he's super smart and athletic. He's strong, principled, very serious, often grumpy, and can get violently angry. Pony tells us that before their parents died, Darry "had been real popular in high school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year" (1.81). Because he's so physically fit, the gang calls him "Superman" and "Muscles" and Darry doesn't get upset about it (7.45). But, Pony tells us, one time Steve made the mistake of referring to him as "all brawn and no brain" and Darry nearly shattered his jaw. […] Darry had never really gotten over not going to college. (7.45)

So, as Ponyboy constantly reminds us, Darry works all the time at two jobs, one of which is roofing. He doesn't have much of a life outside of work, the gym, and his responsibilities at home.Ponyboy's feelings toward Darry are conflicted and complicated: they struggle to understand each other. Since we see the struggle through Pony's eyes, though, we can only guess about Darry's journey based on the details Pony