Comparing The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time And The Outsiders

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In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time by Sherman Alexie, and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the two protagonists are more distinct than one may think. They both react differently to their challenges, and they both live the journey in different ways. They are dissimilar because of the way they receive the call, the way they react to their challenges, and the way their lives restart after their adventure. When the two heroes receive the call, they both get it differently. In S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy, doesn’t want his journey to start. He knows he can’t avoid it, and thinks “this can’t be happening … [as] a panic [is] rising in [him]” (Hinton, 57). He acknowledges the situation, and wishes he could go back in time. However, in Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior decides to start his journey and tells his parents “I want to transfer schools … I want to go to Reardan” (Alexie, 45). Junior decides to leave and accepts the challenges of the journey ahead. When the two initiates receive the call, Ponyboy doesn’t want his adventure to start, but Junior does. …show more content…

The day after the escape, Ponyboy wakes up and realizes the gravity of his situation. He starts to think about the future, which terrifies him and makes him think of questions like “whatta we gonna do … I was crying by then … I was cold and lonesome … the tears came anyway” (Hinton, 74). However, when Junior goes to his first day of school, he feels happy and confident “I have to do this… I felt stronger so I stepped out of the car and walked to the front door” (Alexie, 55). Junior gets out of the car determined and confident he will succeed in his first day of school. The two main characters both jump into the adventure in different ways : Ponyboy is terrified, but Junior is confident and

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