Relationships In The Outsiders

Throughout our lives our relationships change, sometimes for worse, but sometimes for the better. In the novel The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy’s parents died when he was very young. He was raised by his brothers, but he did not get along very well with his oldest brother, Darry. Ponyboy also had many other bad things happen to him in the book, such as the loss of his friends Johnny and Dally. In the novel Ponyboy grows his relationships with his friends, his family, and the socs because of the bad situations he is in.
In the novel, The Outsiders, Ponyboy’s relationships grow with the members of the gang. He explains what it is like to be in a gang when he states, “You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're in

Ponyboy arrived at the hospital after he and Johnny had saved the kids in the church to find Darry crying, thinking that Ponyboy had been hurt. Ponyboy became aware that Darry cared about him when he states, “Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda, and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something of me” (Hinton 98).What appeared to be a bad situation resulted in Ponyboy realizing how much Darry cared for him and how much he did not want him to get hurt. He cared about Ponyboy just as much as he had ever cared about anyone else. Ponyboy and Darry were fighting but Soda couldn't cope with it so he ran away. When they found Soda, they all agreed that they would have to stick together to make things work. After the brothers resolve their problems, Ponyboy comments, “We couldn’t do anything to hurt Soda. Sodapop would always be the middleman, but that didn’t mean he had to keep getting pulled apart. Instead of Darry and me pulling him apart, he’d be pulling us together.” (Hinton 177). Ponyboy decides to be more careful and not to argue with Darry as much as he had been. They would have to be able to talk about their issues without fighting or picking sides if they wanted to stick together. Ponyboy grows his bond with his brothers and makes their relationship healthier. Even though their situation would be considered a bad one by many, they made the best out of