Sunset In The Outsiders

Sunrises and sunsets in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes a very important role in the novel and even in real life. A sunset is the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades. A sunset to me means the end of the day, and a sunrise is the beginning of a new day. A sunset shows opportunities fading away unlike a sunrise that reveals opportunities. For the Sunset project my sunset was made out of stained glass and mirrors. Lastly, the sunset plays a role in The Outsiders. The sunset may represent safety within the greasers life, or even the similarities between a greaser and a Soc. A sunrise and sunset occur everyday. Meaning the sunrise begins a new day. A sunset ends a day. I don’t usually watch the sunsets unless I’m outside during the time the sun comes down. One week our homework was to watch the sunset and record observations. I noticed that the colors of the sunset changed and the time the sun went down gradually got later. The colors although usually consist of blue, pink, and purple around the sun. The sun’s colors were usually orange and yellow. The second reason why a sunset correlates to real life is explained in our sunset
Usually if a greaser is by themselves and the sun has gone down they have a very high chance of getting jumped. This has happened to the greaser Johnny multiple times. Johnny was so worried that he would get jumped and seriously injured again that he started to carry around a knife. The quote “We get jumped by the socs” says how the greasers are even use to getting jumped. Secondly, the sunset shows how some of the greasers and the Socs relate. “It’s okay… we aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” Cherry said this to Ponyboy since they would talk about their love for