Summary Of Quotes From 'The Outsiders'

¨He was shaking me and I wished he'd stop. ¨ (pg.6) is one of the quotes from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story, is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book, it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough. Being more sensitive than tough isn't such a bad thing. ¨ He isn't dead. And this time my dreaming worked. I convinced myself that he wasn't dead.¨ (pg.128) says Ponyboy once he figured out that Johnny is dead. Ponyboy doesn't want to believe that
Johnny is dead because he liked Johnny and he was one of Ponys good friends. Pony was sensitive about the fact that Johnny died and he didn't want to believe it. Another quote from the story proving that Pony is sensitive, is, ¨I ran home, trembling at the thought of facing Darry.¨ (pg.43) . Pony was scared and terrified in this part of the story, which means he was also sensitive.

Ponyboy from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ was tough and sensitive throughout the story. Although, he was more sensitive and there is lots of evidence in the story proving that. Up above in the two paragraph states some of the evidence and reasons supporting why he is more sensitive. So therefore, in the story ¨The Outsiders¨ Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough.