Family Sticks Together In The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

Family sticks together
Have you ever stopped and thought about what everybody in the world has in common? Family is a very common thing. It could just be a group of people that you care about and love or it could just be a person. Family is always together and family never falls apart. Family is that one group that you love and worry about and it can be that one person. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton family is a very important thing. Family is the best blessing to have. The theme S.E Hinton talks about is family always sticks together.
The theme that S.E Hinton talks about family always sticks together. Family always cares and helps each other no matter what happens. This theme is display in the beginning of the novel in the way Ponyboy , Sodapop ,and Darry are always there for each other. An example is when Ponyboy says “greasers are almost like a hood they steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while (3).” What Ponyboy means by this is they are just like a family because they do everything together just like a family would do. They might look mean but they have love and care in their hearts and that

they love what they have. Another example is when Ponyboy says in the book “by then I had figured that all the noise I had heard was the gang coming to rescue me (7).” Ponyboy is saying when someone gets hurt in the gang they all come and help that person get better just what a family would do. Also in the beginning of the novel Ponyboy is a lot with Johnny just like if he was part of the family. That’s another example of the theme that S.E Hinton talks about family always sticks together.
In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there is a lot of themes but to me the theme family always sticks together is important and it describes the outsiders a lot more. In the middle of the novel there were some examples of this theme for example when Jonny kills bob, Ponyboy never left Johnny alone in the park. Ponyboy could of left Johnny and told the police but he never did that because Ponyboy cares about Johnny just like if he was part of his family. Another example there was in the middle of the novel was when Ponyboy said " Johnny and I slept huddled together for warmth (76)." What Ponyboy is saying about this is him and Johnny have been closer than ever. Also they only have each other to protect. The theme family always sticks together is a big thing in The Outsiders.
At the end of the outsiders there is a lot of examples of the theme family always sticks together.

In the beginning of chapter 11 Ponyboy says, "Darry is a good guardian he makes me study and knows where I am and who I am with (165)”. The reason why this is a great example of the theme family sticks together is because the things Darry does for Ponyboy are things a parent would do. The next example of theme is when Ponyboy tells himself "Don't remember how Johnny was your buddy and don't remember that he didn't want to die (156)”. This is another example that also great because Ponyboy doesn’t want to remember but he knows in the inside that he does want to remember the good times with Johnny and even the bad ones. At the end of the outsiders the theme family always sticks together shows up a

lot.
The theme from the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton family always sticks together is a big thing because family is someone or a group of people that you care for and love. The importance of this theme is family helps each other and cares for each other a lot even when there is problems in between them. Having a family is a big blessing to have. The theme family always sticks together was a lot in The Outsiders by S.E Hinton when Ponyboy was at the hospital and he saw Soda pop and Darry. The theme from the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton can relate to me because to me family is a very important thing. What we can gain from the experience of reading this awesome novel is family will always be with you no matter what happens.