Sacrifice In The Outsiders

Have you ever met someone made so purely of self-sacrifice that they have no space for the kindness that should come with it? Darrel(Darry) Curtis, the oldest of the Curtis brother’s pack, of S.E.Hinton’s The Outsiders is the spitting image of someone made up of giving to his loved ones. Darry is a remarkable character that will teach you how to love and appreciate what you have through his mistakes and the things he took for granted. Darry’s many actions and feelings will introduce that not all tough-looks can hide your feelings and your regrets. That love should be shown for the best.
Conceptualize a tough, piercing-eyed husky that can almost see through you. He knows what you’ve done, he wants you to learn from him, and he wants you to obey.

“Me and Darry just didn’t dig each other. I could never please him. If I brought home B’s he wanted A’s. If I got A’s he wanted to make sure they stayed A’s…He never hollered at Soda. He just hollered at me.” (21). This is how Darry treated Ponyboy. As you can tell, Darry wants Ponyboy to excel in his classes, to get straight A’s like any other strict parent would. I think the reason Darry pushes Ponyboy so hard was because he never got to fulfill the scholarship he won, and he wants Ponyboy to get that opportunity he missed. This is really a very touching act, because he tries so hard to make sure Ponyboy doesn’t have to work at a gas station or roof houses like Soda or Darry. Throughout the book, Darry pushes Ponyboy to do very well. Once, he went a little too far and thereupon Ponyboy witnessed a murder and fled. Darry couldn't get over himself after Ponyboy left: “Kid, you ought to see Darry. He’s takin’ this mighty hard… Darry and me nearly went nuts when you ran out like that. Darry is awful sorry he hit you… Darry hasn’t got the slightest notion at where you at and it is nearly killing him.” (89-90). Here, Darry’s emotion is very clearly seen through the voice of other characters, and through their voice you can hear that Darry is blaming himself for what happened and that he is broken from Ponyboy’s foolhardy actions.

He didn’t have enough experience and was rushed into adulthood. His eyes became cold and solid, but in his heart he had a thin string of love and emotion that kept him a greaser. Darry’s problem is that he gained so much from his experience with Ponyboy, but sometimes he acts to tough to notice it. But we know he’s just too scared to show his gained knowledge and life lesson. We should all try to avoid a personality such as Darry, because his actions can severely hurt someone, emotionally and physically. Darry broke a part of Ponyboy by slapping him, the part that believed that Darry might just be different. This bond healed again of course through their rejoyce. Darry taught the world something very important: that the ones who are the hardest to love need it most. That moment when Ponyboy hugged Darry, Darry regained a certain virtue in his life. The one that told him he was needed. If you have a cold-eyed husky in your life that makes you want to scream and cry, stick around because your devotion and love will help them slowly heal over. They can transform, and they