Loyal Characters In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Loyalty is an important connection between friends and lovers. Loyalty in your friendship and relationship establishes trust. It helps you rely on each other, and you know you will have each other's back. However, you need to be careful who you’re loyal to because they may not be the person you think they are, or may not be loyal to you. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally were the most loyal characters in the book, helping each other out whenever it was needed. Firstly, Ponyboy had also come out to be an extremely loyal character to Johnny. When Ponyboy and Johnny went to Dallas for help, he told them to go to an abandoned church in Windrixville. Ponyboy went along with Johnny to stay loyal to him even though Johnny

Ponyboy had no involvement with killing the soc; he still stuck with Johnny and left his brothers and the gang behind. While Johnny and Ponyboy were talking with Cherry, Johnny thought in his mind, “You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re in a gang, you stick up for the members” (Hinton 26). Ponyboy was talking about the gang and saying that he’s loyal to the gang; he knows to accept whatever they do and stick up for them. Ponyboy was loyal to Johnny and the entire gang. He stuck with them and trusted them, no matter what happened. Secondly, Johnny was a very loyal character throughout the book. When Ponyboy went back to Johnny after Darry had yelled at him, he told Johnny, “Come on, Johnny, we are running away” (Hinton 51). Johnny asked no questions, and even if it meant leaving everyone, he knew he was ready to do it to stay loyal to Ponyboy. Another time Johnny showed loyalty was when Bob and his friends spotted Ponyboy and Johnny and picked up a fight with them. Johnny said at the end of the fight, “I killed him” (Hinton, 56). Before Bob could kill Ponyboy, Johnny had killed Bob to protect Ponyboy. Ponyboy could have relied on Johnny to protect