Ela 9 S1
Unit 2 Narrative Essay
My Outsider Life Within this essay I am going to be comparing my life to a book I have read numerous times in school “The Outsides.” It is a favorite book of mine and I am going to compare my life to the main characters of the book. My main topic is to describe my life and how it is is similar to the life of the Ponyboys’ in the book. Ponyboy is the youngest child out of three brothers, who have unfortunately lost their parents. Now here is a brief summary on my life, the life of Ponyboy, and the comparisons of my life to his. My life is not much different of any other boy or girl that is my age. Like any other person I work, go to school, do my chores around the house etc. Although, the things that I have gone through, witnessed, and experienced throughout my life has made me the person I am today. One of the things that made me more ruthless was growing up in a bad neighborhood with the wrong set of people, and get into rumbles with kids from the other side of town. Just as how Ponyboy and his brothers did in the book. Now before comparing my life to Ponyboy of “The Outsiders”, let me tell you how Ponyboy lived. …show more content…
The three brothers Dairy, Sodapop, and Ponyboy struggle to make ends meet in their home, as Dairy and Sodapop work jobs and Ponyboy goes to school. While Ponyboy and his brothers go through this tragedy they have a “gang” of friends around to help them up whenever they are down. The brothers and their friends always have a rivalry going on with the “rich uptown kids with the nice cars.” They constantly have this rivalry going on with them and have rumbles often to let off steam. Now that you know how Ponyboy and his brothers lived, here are the comparisons of both of our