In The Outsiders, Ponyboy is the narrator so we know what he thinks and feels. He is able to tell us that Johnny died before the rest of the gang knew about it. He tells us how much he misses and loves Johnny. He is able to tell us about Johnny's last words to him and how he wonders what “Stay Gold,” means. When Pony and Johnny are in the church he can tell us how he feels about his new hair and the how he's nervous about being in the paper. He also wonders how Soda and the rest of the gang are doing. If the book were narrated by another person they wouldn't be able to tell us those things. If Johnny were narrating the story he would be able to tell us how it felt when he killed Bob and what his thought process was before, during and