Character Analysis: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street

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There are many ways one can feel alone yet still be part of a group. People can feel independent and still be in a group. Ponyboy from the book The Outsiders and the people from a town called Maple Street from the story “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” show how this is true.
To begin with, Ponyboy felt alone when he was with his friends, yet he was still in a group. The reason he felt this way was because he liked to read books, and he feels that no one likes movies and books the same way he does. Furthermore, he even thought for a while that he was the only person in the world that did, so he “loned it” (pg 2). But even though he felt alone when he thought he was the only person who thought of things differently in his group, he was

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