According to an unknown person, “Life is always about making choices. Always do your best to make the right ones, and always do your best to learn from the wrong ones.” This quote means that in life, everyone will always have to make choices. Decisions affect people in life, whether they are good or bad. In the book, The Outsiders, characters make good and bad decisions throughout the novel. The choices you make, affect who you become and help people perceive you. To begin with, Johnny killed a Soc named, Bob. According to the novel, The Outsiders, it states, “ ‘I killed him,’ he said slowly. ‘I killed that boy.’ (62)” Johnny did it to defend himself, therefore he had to go into hiding for his own safety. In the novel, the author explores,