Questions On Ponyboy's Character From 'The Outsiders'

2. Read pg. 179-180 of chapter 12. Why does Ponyboy want to share his story? What difference does he think it will make? Ponyboy wants to share his story because he thinks people might have a paradigm shift because they here the other side of the story and think that not all greasers or socs are bad. On page 4 it says There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn't be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore. It was important to me. Ponyboy and Randy believe that socs and greasers are the same because they all have problems. They also believe that Bob was a good person when he wasn’t drunk and Randy was a good person to because he didn’t show up to the rumble.

How did Ponyboy view the Socs at the beginning of the novel? How do his views change by the end of the novel? Ponyboy’s view on the socs at the beginning is that they are rich and jump greasers and get drunk. His view changes because he gets to know one of the socs and find out they have problems in their life too. On page 4 it says, We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Ponyboys believes that Bob was a good person when he wasn’t drunk and Randy was a good person to because he didn’t show up to the