The Outsiders Character Analysis Essay

The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton features many characters with many different characteristics. One of them being Ponyboy. He is a key character and keeps on improving throughout the story as ups and downs take place similar to an elevator. From all the experiences Ponyboy encountered throughout the whole novel he finds out that life is like a keyboard.

The right buttons you choose, meaning the choices you make, the friends you choose, the social class you were born into changes the direction of your life. If you press the right keys that means you have typed a successful life ahead of you. Ponyboy continuously adjusts and changes in character throughout the story, and tries to find the right keys to press.

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The more wealth you have places you on top no matter what your character is. In this quote there are many references to social class, such as, looks, wealth, and where you reside. In Ponyboy’s mind Socs has created an image, rich-looking and lives in the West. He set his mind to the idea that living in the West gives you power and privilege. Since this is the mindset of Ponyboy and most of his peers, they get suppressed and are underprivileged. Many Socs do not even interact with greasers since they are so passive in public. Socs are only just acting who they want to be. Not who they really are. The quote in page 162 gives us a really good understanding of this. One point of view is from a greaser and how he sees Bob Sheldon as a Soc. On the other hand there is Cherry Valance’s point of view, a perspective where she really understood and found Bob’s true self, this is because they are close both in social class and relationship wise. The Socs seem so tuff in public and against the greasers that only Socs know each other well, just like Cherry Valance and Bob Sheldon. Diving deeper into character’s we learned that Bob’s rings are symbolic; they represent not only his money, but his ego… self esteem. The rings are a way to boost his amour propre since he is so focused on his semblance. Without the rings and the fancy clothes he is unrecognizable by the public and is just considered regular people. Unlike greasers who cannot

The rich are getting richer, and the poor poorer. Which is also like saying the Socs gain better reputation and wealth, while the greasers are suffering from poverty and prestige and seem even more like a hoodlum. Most Socs hold on to pecuniary things and focus on them too much that they forget the real world. While the greasers are the opposite of them. They focus on inwardness, relationship, and belief. Which makes greasers live life one step ahead of the Socs even though they suffer from having materialistic things. This sums up that money, wealth, looks, and more doesn't mean anything. Everything matters what is inside, not the outside-r. The best part of a human is who they really are on the inside. Not what or who they want to be. The Socs are a great example of what or who they want to be. This is why even after a big fight, a rumble as they call it, the greasers were the only happy ones. If you are too attached to possessions that will only stay on this Earth, you will never be happy for the remainder of your life. Like the Socs. They only have one goal that is continuously there, to be rich. Since they want to be rich they care so much about their possessions and materialistic items that they will not carry after their death. Once and for all everyone is going to die, so the materialistic things do not matter. Spending your life with people you like will make you live longer but will also