Character Analysis: The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

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In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, how did three people's actions affect one person? Soda, Johnny, and Dally’s choices affect Ponyboy by staying calm, helping others, and making sure other people are okay. First, to make sure other people are okay, Ponyboy’s brother Soda decides to send Pony a letter whenever he is in Windrixville, because he wants to tell him how bad Soda and Darry feel and that he wants him to come home. “‘Hey Ponyboy’- he fumbled with a piece of paper in his back pocket- ‘I got a letter for you’ ‘A letter? From who?’ ‘The President, of course, stupid. It’s from Soda’” (Hinton 81). When Ponyboy receives the letter, he seems calm, but really wants to go home. Next, to remember to stay calm, Johnny made the choice