The Outsiders And Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Themes, the subject of a piece of writing, the topic, they are everywhere. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is the story of the Greasers and the Socs, and their fued. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is a poem about innocence, and how it changes. Both of the pieces have many different common themes. “Nature’s first green is gold.” It is the first line in the poem. It means that when a child is born they have innocence; they are gold. Since they are gold, in time, they will turn green. In the novel, it also means that a child, or in this case an adolescent is gold; that they have innocence. "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..." Since Ponyboy is still young, and “doesn’t use his head” he is gold. The innocence that you have as a young child is still inside of Ponyboy, and it shows. Johnny did not want Pony to “turn green” because if the innocence is still inside of you, you should try to keep it with you. …show more content…

It means that once you get older the “gold” in you dies off. You begin to turn green. The events in life will get worse, and the innocence will eventually die off. In the novel, it also means that your innocence will wear away. “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world.” Dally is a great example of “leaf subsides to leaf”. As he gets older his “gold” is wearing away. It has almost worn away to nothing, but Johnny is his soft spot. He loves Johnny and 0nly Johnny. Johnny gives him the last bit of “gold” that he can

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