Ponyboy Curtis's The Outsiders

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Thesis: In the book The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis tells the whole story, however, if the novel was told by several characters such as, Soda, Dally, or Johnny, the book would have been told in a much more desirable manner. Lastly, Johnny was with Ponyboy throughout various parts of the book, which would allow us to hear the complete adventure from a whole nother standpoint. The first example of this was seen when Pony and Johnny had just ran away to the local park. Soon after they arrived, five intoxicated Socs showed up to start some trouble. The Socs told them to stay away, then all chaos broke loose: “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’... ‘I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade… they were