A song that connects to the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is I How to Save a Life by the Fray. This song shows the theme of losing a friend and not being the same. When the song says “I lost a friend” it is relating to the Greaser’s and mainly Ponyboy when Johnny died in the hospital. In the beginning of the book when Pony was describing all the Greasers he said that Johnny was like the gang’s pet, everyone’s kid brother. Another thing Ponyboy said that Johnny would never have known what love and affection were without the gang.
so Darry slaps Ponyboy across the face. At that moment, Ponyboys feels unwanted and disliked by Darry so he runs aways and says “ If Darry doesn't want me it’s cool, but I will never let him slap me ever again.’’ (50). Ponyboy also expresses how he feels about Darry when he says “It was my house as much as Darry’s, and if he wanted to pretend I wasn’t alive that is fine with me.’’ (52).
Ponyboy has been gone from Darry, his older brother for about 6 days because they were hiding from the police after Johnny murdered a Soc. They ended up running into a burning church to save children from burning to death and after that they ended up in the hospital from their injuries. Ponyboy thinks that Darry doesn't like him and just wants him to be gone. When Darry sees ponyboy in the hospital, he starts to cry. Ponyboy has never seen Darry cry, not even at his parent’s funeral.
It was bugging me”(Hinton one hundred fifty nine). When Ponyboy forenamed this quote he asked if he did ask for Darry because he was worried that he hurt Darry’s feelings by not asking for him. So this shows that Ponyboy indeeds care about Darry. In the Outsiders it is mentioned “Darry do you think they’ll split us up? Put me in a home or something” (Hinton hundred fifty seven).
Furthermore, Sodapop also tells Darrel to stop taking everything so seriously and pushing Ponyboy so much. “Like he’s never hollering at me all the time the way Darry is, or treating me as if I was six instead of fourteen.” (Hinton p. 2). In Ponyboy’s case, he felt like he has no control over his own life and like he did not know anything about the world. Darry almost treats Pony like he had never experienced anything bad in his life, the way that it should’ve been.
Ponyboy becomes less afraid of Darry when he realizes that Darry actually does love him. After Ponyboy gets to see Darry when he is taken to the hospital because of the church fire, Darry is standing outside waiting for him. On page 96 Ponyboy writes, Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying... Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda. Ponyboy also becomes less afraid of Darry when he starts fighting back when Darry yells at him.
Darry thinks that Ponyboy is lack of common sense. Ponyboy agrees with that evaluate. He agrees that he is pretty smart at school, and the tests, but sometimes he just doesn't think about consequences before he does it. Ponyboy narrates this novel, and this narration is an abreaction for him.
Darry lets Ponyboy smoke, fight, and lets him have chocolate cake every day for breakfast. Some people might say that Ponyboy would be better off with Darry because Darry and Sodapop love care for him. That’s not true because if Darry really loved and cared for Ponyboy he wouldn't be letting him smoke at the age of 14 and letting him get into
Ponyboy did have a reason to be upset with Darry but running away wouldn’t help anything. In the book it makes it very clear that Ponyboy and Darry don’t communicate well. They are always fighting/arguing. So if Ponyboy and Darry just tried to talk and work things out, things could have been exceptional. The other reason
Ponyboy starts yelling for help and Darry came with the rest of the Greasers to save Pony and Scare away the Socs. I think the conflict in this scene is Person vs. Society because the Socs beat him up because he is a greaser. This conflict changed Ponyboy because after this event happened he begins to be more cautious. In the third chapter of the
Darry then decided to step up and “come of age” to try to be a father like figure for Ponyboy. Ponyboy doesn’t seem to think that Darry cares for him because of the way Darry treats Ponyboy so Ponyboy turns to Sodapop more, “Sodapop is different from anybody; he understands everything...almost. Like he 's never hollering at me all the time the way Darry is, treating me like I’m six instead of fourteen,” (#2). This shows that Ponyboy is annoyed of Darry 's strict father-like figure because Darry is always telling Ponyboy what to do instead of being their for him. But Darry’s strict Father-like figure isn 't so bad, it did do some good…..
before Mom and Dad died.” Darry wants to be able to keep Ponyboy safe, but his precautions manifest themselves as treating Ponyboy like a child. Darry's expected to juggle all these duties at only twenty years old, abandoning his opportunities at a successful life for the sake of
Sodapop and Ponyboy are under his supervision. Darry had to become an adult too fast and assumed the duties that came with his new status. Consequently, Darry and Ponyboy have a singular relationship, which is more similar to a father-son relationship than a sibling one. Darry is often in conflict with his youngest brother regarding different topics such as his grades or his recklessness.
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.
Like it happened to me…”. That’s one of many things they do for each other. One of the main internal conflicts is when Ponyboy thinks that his older brother Darry doesn’t love him. That’s not true, because Darry only pushes him so hard is because he wants Ponyboy to be the best man he can be. To push and inspire Ponyboy as a child do he can be whatever he wants to be as an
