Thesis For The Outsiders

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(T)In the story The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, if Bob had killed Ponyboy in the fountain, the story would have been different because the Socs wouldn’t be influenced as much as the Greasers would have been. Also, Johnny and Dally wouldn’t have died unless the Socs killed Johnny, and Dally was too heartbroken to move on. At the fountain, after Johnny kills Bob, he becomes traumatized and tries to explain his reasoning to Pony. (E)For example, Johnny states, “They might have killed you. And they had a blade...they were gonna beat me up…” (pg.57). (X)This shows how Johnny would have the risk of being attacked by the Socs as well. If Bob killed Ponyboy, who knows what Johnny would have done. He could have killed Bob afterwards, or gotten killed.