Friendship In The Outsiders By Susan Eloise Hinton

Attachment. Bond. Friendship. Whatever you want to call it, this was a key element in The Outsiders. This group of somewhat reckless boys, with hair slicked back with grease, are each strong and unique, just like their friendship. In The Outsiders by Susan Eloise Hinton, these boys, Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit Matthews, Dally and Johnny, call themselves the greasers. They are each very different people, but what Ponyboy notices is that between each greaser is friendship, even though it may not be visible at first, it was always strong. They always care for each other, they depend on each other. They stay together, getting through the toughest of situations. On the other side of town, there are the Socs, they live on the rich side of town while Greasers, with little money, live on the other side. They don’t get along and don’t seem to be anything alike. One day, certain situations that can’t be avoid any longer. When trouble begins between Socs and Greasers, it seemed like chaos to Ponyboy, everyone was hurting. Although, the Greasers kept looking out for each other, understanding each other

Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy, being brothers, live together and only have each other for family. Since Ponyboy is the youngest, Darry always makes him follow strict rules, although he goes easy on Sodapop. Ponyboy is always getting yelled at, he felt as if Darry didn’t really love him. Ponyboy didn’t care about Darry, but he was still lying and he knew it. He lied to himself all the time, but he never believed himself. He wanted to convince himself that he didn’t care about them, nor did Darry care about Ponyboy, but he was only lying to himself. He knew he loved Darry, and Darry loved Ponyboy just as much, it made made their friendship stronger after Ponyboy came to this realisation. Darry was just being protective, they became closer and understood each other more than