The Outsiders Themes

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Among the themes from The Outsiders is a story that has rivalry, personalities, coming together, and much more. For example, don’t give up on life, or even people can surprise you. These two themes are huge. Another huge theme is that step back and see the big pictures. There are so many other themes that go with the book it’s not just those. There are also lots of songs to go with the book. For example, “ God Gave Me You” by Blake Shelton. “ God Gave Me You” shows the theme, and Dally’s personality. “I’ve been walking heartache\I’ve made a mess of me (line 1\2)” This reminds me of Dally’s personality. “Dally raised the gun and I thought: You blasted fool.” These both go hand and hand with each other. Another spot of the song that goes with the book is when the song says, “Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs” (line 8) This reminds me of Darry and Ponyboy’s relationship. In the book The Outsiders Darry hits Ponyboy, but when Ponyboy is sick he asked for The boys went to Dally for help after they stabbed Bob. Dally set them up with a plan, and what to do. This helped out the boys so much. He gave them money, books, a place to go, and so much more. “I can’t do without you/We are stitched together (line 27/28) After Dally died it was kinda like what Darry said to Ponyboy. In the book after Dally died Darry and Ponyboy got in a fight. Sodapop went and ran off. They both went and followed Sodapop. All of them had a big conversation. The theme of the conversation was to that they are a team, and that they have to work as a team, and that everyone has problems so if you talk all about you, you will never know what’s going on in the other person’s life. This part was a huge part in the book because the boys are a team, and they don’t have a mom or dad to talk to, so they need each other, but that doesn’t work if you're always mad at the other

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