Ponyboy's Themes In 'The Outsiders'

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“The Outsiders” has many themes; however, the main theme is to be thankful for what you have, and not to take anything for granted. In the book, Ponyboy took his brothers for granted and didn’t realize how blessed he was until Johnny died. Ponyboy thought his life was awful because he was raised by his brothers instead of his parents, and because of his title. However, what Ponyboy didn’t reconcile was that Johnny,( and many other people in the world) had a much worse life than he did. The reader can see this on page 42 when it says, “‘Gee,’ Johnny said softly, ‘I thought you and Darry and Soda got along real well…’ ‘Well we don’t,’ I snapped… That made me mad, I mean making a fool of myself in front of everyone. ‘An’ you can shut your trap,