How Did The Outsiders Change Johnny

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Ponyboy Curtis, the main character of the book “The Outsiders,” is a fourteen-year-old boy living in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. He is the protagonist of the story and also the narrator. Ponyboy is the youngest of his group and the smallest, besides his best friend Johnny Cade. His parents died in a car accident eight months prior to the beginning of the novel and his older brothers Darrel Curtis, who was twenty at the time, and Sodapop Curtis, who was soon to be seventeen, took care of him and each other. Pony, who was currently in the ninth grade, was very smart and had skipped a grade in school. He was also very good at running, being the youngest member of his track team and one of the best. Ponyboy, unlike the rest of his gang, struggles …show more content…

After their conversation, Pony realizes what Cherry meant when she said that things were “rough all over.” Even the Socs, who he had previously thought had no problems, had problems too, maybe even worse than his. After Johnny died, minutes after the Greasers had won the rumble, Ponyboy realizes that fighting is stupid and that it will not change anything. One will always be a Greaser until one decides to make a change, not waiting for something to happen. Ponyboy is no longer self-conscious around Randy, knowing that he will not judge him and that they are equal. Nearing the end of the story, Ponyboy knows that the Socs are not better than him and that the Greasers are not better than the Socs. They were all the same. Ponyboy was done with the Socs treating him and others the way that they did, and he finally stood up for himself. Ponyboy was still the same person and he showed that through his actions. Post court, Ponyboy did not go back to normal like he thought he would. Originally being very smart in school, he was now failing classes, could not remember certain things, and made many mistakes. He started yelling back at Darry, showing that he really did not care

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