Ponyboy In 'Thru-Out The Book The Outsiders'
Thru-out the book The Outsiders, the main charter Ponyboy seemed to change drastically.
Ponyboy would try to run from a fight with Socs in the beginning. But after going thru some tuff times he changed. But at the end of the book, if there is about to be a fight with some
Socs he is willing to go in head first and get it over with. Do you think this is a good or bad change. In the beginning Ponyboy was a little skiddish and tried to run from trouble. For an example,
"I knew it wasn't any use thought - the fast walking, I mean - even before the Corvair pulled up beside me and five Socs got out. I got pretty scared- I'm king of a small for Fourteen even though I have a good build, and those guys were bigger than me. I automatically hitched my thumbs in my jeans and slouched, wondering if I could get away if I made a break for it." In this excerpt he thinks about running. The thing that makes no sence is that he gives them time to catch up to him. Why did he not flat out run. He probably could have lost them in the chase. But any way he tryed to runaway from the fight. …show more content…
He has gotten beat up, slapped by his brother. But the last on is the worst." You really killed him, huh, Johnny? Yeah. His voice quivering slightly. I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you." All of them had added up into the factor that changed him. After running away because his friend had kill a boy, they were stuck in hiding for about a week. During this time he had a lot of time to think. Some people believe he changed because of the time he had to think and what he has gone thru. In the soothing changed in
Ponyboy would try to run from a fight with Socs in the beginning. But after going thru some tuff times he changed. But at the end of the book, if there is about to be a fight with some
Socs he is willing to go in head first and get it over with. Do you think this is a good or bad change. In the beginning Ponyboy was a little skiddish and tried to run from trouble. For an example,
"I knew it wasn't any use thought - the fast walking, I mean - even before the Corvair pulled up beside me and five Socs got out. I got pretty scared- I'm king of a small for Fourteen even though I have a good build, and those guys were bigger than me. I automatically hitched my thumbs in my jeans and slouched, wondering if I could get away if I made a break for it." In this excerpt he thinks about running. The thing that makes no sence is that he gives them time to catch up to him. Why did he not flat out run. He probably could have lost them in the chase. But any way he tryed to runaway from the fight. …show more content…
He has gotten beat up, slapped by his brother. But the last on is the worst." You really killed him, huh, Johnny? Yeah. His voice quivering slightly. I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you." All of them had added up into the factor that changed him. After running away because his friend had kill a boy, they were stuck in hiding for about a week. During this time he had a lot of time to think. Some people believe he changed because of the time he had to think and what he has gone thru. In the soothing changed in