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How Did The Outsiders Affect Ponyboy's Life

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During the book the Outsiders, Ponyboy is shown experiencing the loss of many close friends and family members and how these losses have impacted him greatly. This is shown well with his best friend Johnny due to the fact that Ponyboy and Johnny murdered a youngster named Bob, which in result impacted Ponyboy’s life style and caused his peers to look down at him. Johnny’s death impacted Ponyboy as it caused him to see how his life was good and that he should stay gold, young and positive. These two points further provide that Ponyboy has changed over the events of the book. Johnny killing Bob impacted Ponyboy’s existence as it changed his relationship with his friends. “And my history teacher she acted as if she was scared of me” (pg205) This
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