Outsiders Theme Essay

John Green once said “Just remember that sometimes the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.”They seem to be a different person on the outer side but they are completely different from within.The theme of Outsiders is that Don’t judge the book by it’s cover. To begin with,we learn that many life-challenging events that occur in this story is that you should not judge people by their appearances.Cherry(Sherri) Valance,the soc, says “We are so sophisticated-cool to the point of not feeling anything.Nothing is real with us.You know sometimes I’ll catch myself talking to a girl-friend and realize that I don't mean half of what I'm saying.I don't really think a beer blast on the river bottom is super-cool,but I’ll rave about one to a
Darry appears to be a muscular, manly person who has not accomplished much in life. However, according to Ponyboy, he is a much different character. Moreover,the theme is conveyed when Pony and Johnny leaped into the church on fire ,in search of the kids.Even though Johnny killed Bob,he had saved several young kids from the fire.One would normally think that someone who has killed a person would not care much for strangers.Johnny didn't even know the kids but he still risked his life and gallantly went into the church with