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The Outsiders Of Being An Outsider

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Being an outsider can be interpreted in many different ways just depending on the person. In the book The Outsiders, there are 2 characters that are more outsiders than the other characters. The 2 characters are The Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy is the narrator of the book and shows how he is smaller and treated differently than the other greasers, especially by his brother Darry. Johnny is Ponyboy’s best friend who is also seen as the little brother everyone and Ponyboy just feel as if they can't talk to anyone about their interest except each other. Starting with Ponyboy, Ponyboy is the little brother of Darry and Soda. He has been an outsider his whole life but has always been a little different than the rest of the boys. He is …show more content…

At the end of the sentence, he says that he is different in that way, which shows that he also sees himself as an outsider. As the book goes on Ponyboy tries to fit in more, and get tougher, but it just doesn't work out for him because he can't be like …show more content…

He gets along with Ponyboy so well because of this as well. All of the gang looks at Johnny as the little brother of the group. Johnny was always quiet and didn’t get into much trouble besides when he got jumped by Socs. When the boys were in the church Ponyboy was talking about how he felt different and that he could only talk about certain stuff with Johnny because he was different as well, but then Johnny went “Johnny shrugged. ‘Yeah,’ he said with a sigh. ‘I guess we’re different.’ “ You can tell when Johnny says this that he isn’t proud of being different and he feels very different from everyone else but he doesn't want to. Also at the beginning of the book, Ponyboy describes Johnny as “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny.” The main part of that quote that really shows that he is considered as an outsider is when he says “in a crowd of strangers”. This means that when he is with this group he is different, it is like he sticks out from everyone else causing him to feel like an

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He is constantly concerned with relationships, who did what, and who thinks what about who. A prime example of this is Ponyboy’s thoughts on his two brothers. Like his idea of Darry hating Pony, and never being “sorry for anything he does.” Ponyboy is focused on what things look like, not the true meaning. Although Ponyboy does not stay like this forever.

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