Similarities Between The Wednesday Wars And The Outsiders

In both, The Wednesday Wars and The Outsiders the main characters Ponyboy and Holling have best friends.In the wednesday wars a show a of true friendship was when Hollings feelings were hurt by Mickey mantle Danny stood up up for him by saying “you pied ninny,”(this is a true show of friendship. The same thing in The outsiders when Johnny was in the hospital dying he said “Stay gold ponyboy, stay gold,”(pg 126 S.E Hinton) this to me is a sign of true friendship. These two quotes fit in with the thesis because who would stay loyal to the end of his or her life and who would stand up to an hall of fame baseball player. Wednesday Wars and The Outsiders they both took place in the same time period of the 60’s and shared some similarities