“...It's like I'm the middleman in a tug o' war and I'm being split in half. You dig?"(175). Sodapop Curtis, always the mediator between his brothers, can’t stand anymore fighting and runs away from his house. His brothers, Ponyboy and Darry, have to corner him off to find out what is wrong. Soda confronts them about his feelings and explains how he’s just fed up over everything in hopes that they will stop fighting. Sodapop Curtis, a lively, thoughtful, and caring brother, when confronting the numerous times of his brothers getting into fights and some personal issues causes him to become more sensible, mature peacemaker., Sodapop Curtis shows that he’s a lively, thoughtful, and caring brother, when he stands up for Ponyboy, lives life to …show more content…
Soda is always making sure everything is all right between Ponyboy and Darry. They start many arguments and Soda is always brought into the middle of it. However, he tries to make everyone calm despite the fact he could just let them fight. One night, Ponyboy goes out to watch a movie, but he gets jumped by the Socs, a higher, social class gang in town. Darry yells at Ponyboy for never thinking about the consquences before doing anything. Soda interfers and tells Darry to relax and be a little bit more undestanding of Ponyboy. This shows Sodapop is a peacemaker. In addition, Sodapop works at a gas station and fixes cars. Soda dropped out of school and started working to help Darry pay the expenses of the family. Which proves Sodapop is becoming mature because he wanted to work to help and didn’t think about school or what will happen to his future; he thought about his family and how another person working could help all of them and support them more. Furthermore, Soda tries to explain to both Darry and Ponyboy how he just can’t take sides anymore and that they should start taking their fights upon their shoulders not Soda’s. Soda describes how he feels, ”I mean, I can’t takes sides. It’d be a lot easier if I could, but I see both sides” (175). Soda is saying how he just wants them to think about it inbetween themselves and that he can’t always stand up for one of the brothers and not the other. This reveals a side of sensiblity as well as being a peacemaker because Soda is being realistic, he can’t be in the middle of their fights every single time. They need to figure it out between themselves and stop having Soda become a part of
A choice made by Ponyboy affects Darry by making Darry think that Ponyboy doesn’t trust Darry or is not comfortable around him.”Where’s Soda?” I asked, and then I could have kicked myself.”Why can’t you talk to Darry, you idiot?”
Sodapop Curtis - Soda is Pony's handsome, charming older brother. He dropped out of school to work at a gas station, and does not share his brothers' interest in studying and sports.
Charlie and Sodapop are the ones who are thoughtful but make bad choices. Charlie before he had gone to juvenile detention innocent and caring he had only robbed the candy store because I feel that he wanted to make his mother happy by having enough money to go to Puerto Rico where she had explained to her boys that her life there was much better there. Now in The Outsiders all the boys are affiliated in a gang “I am a greaser, I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun” (Sodapop page 136). Sodapop seems that he is okay being the bad boy and is okay with the path that he has chosen to lead in life without his
In chapter twelve Ponyboy’s english teacher told him that since he is failing english, he has to do an extra credit essay to bring up his grade. Ponyboy and darry also get into a fight causing Soda to leave. Then the trial confirmed that Ponyboy and Soda can stay with Darry. Then Ponyboy wrote his paper on his experience, basically the whole story. The best literary element for this chapter is the plot. The plot is when Ponyboy and Soda find out they get to stay with Darry. “ Then he said I was acquitted and he whole case was closed.” (Hinton 168)
Ponyboy has good grades and he likes to be on the track team and that keeps him in good health. In the end Ponyboy realizes that Darry cared about him as much as Sodapop. Darry is rough on Ponyboy because he want’s the best for him. Clearly Ponyboy does good in school and likes to do track and this keeps him in shape. All in all Ponyboy should stay with Darry because Darry tries too hard to keep Ponyboy in school so that he would have a better life. Darry has high expectations for Ponyboy and these expectations keep Ponyboy with good grades. Ponyboy also does track and this keeps him healthy and in shape. Ponyboy might be a star track runner. This is why Ponyboy should stay with
Showing that Ponyboy was very inexperienced and thought Mickey Mouse Sodas horse was just like Soda and they were brothers.Thirdly, we see how some actions Ponyboy’s gang does help show the need for childhood innocence like when pony says,” Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be interested in a story or drawing a picture,” (Hinton 3). Darry is only 20 and he has a job working on roofs he works so hard so he can care for his brothers Soda and Ponyboy he has no time to be a kid himself he is working like a man when he is only a child.While some believe the main theme is brotherly love I argue its preserving childhood innocence. While this is a good point, because Ponyboy’s group definitely sticks up for one another in a brotherly fashion, it lays a strong foundation for preserving childhood innocence. Jonny had never been a coward he was a good man in a rumble, (Hinton 34) this shows how has Johnny loses his innocence, he becomes fearful of the Soc’s and begins to carry a switchblade to keep his gang safe, you might think this shows brotherly love, but it also shows preserving childhood innocence because when Johnny got used to being targeted by the Soc’s he lost his innocence, that’s why he would carry stuff like switch blades to keep him and others safe from the Soc’s. While the Greasers grew up they lost more and more of their innocence to rumbles and hatred of the Soc’s.
It’s undeniable that the greasers of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders have rough and difficult lives. Ponyboy handles this through taking comfort in Soda. Dally hardens himself to the point of inhumanity. Keith Matthews, called “Two-Bit”, tricks himself into being indifferent as his coping mechanism. At first look, it might not seem like Two-Bit is anything more than a light-hearted, humorous greaser, but there is evidence within the book that Two-Bit intentionally tries to appear as though he has little substance. When Ponyboy is trying to discuss an uneasy feeling he has about the rumble with Two-Bit, Ponyboy realizes, “Two-Bit knew what I meant, but doggedly pretended not to” (127). Also, when Steve asks Two-Bit, as he attempts to recover the switchblade he lent to the recently shot and killed Dally, if the switchblade is the only thing bothering him, Two-Bit remarks, “No, … but that’s what I’m wishing was all that’s bothering me” (178).
Ponyboy and Johnny met up with Dally under a streetlight. They all went to buy Cokes. They ended up stealing some Kools as well. It was dark outside and Dally enjoys breaking laws, so they snuck into “the Nightly Double drive-in movie(20)”. While there, they met two Soc girls by the name of Cherry and
Moreover, Ponyboy is a thinker. He can think for the opposite side of his gang, the Socs. Although the Socs almost drowned him, he can still understand the Socs and didn’t be blinded by the hate. He in the chaos and impulsive world can see through the surface of the conflict and see the core of the world that people are the same. That is really amazing and Ponyboy does have the board mind of a
“Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave (2).” This explains why Ponyboy, Dally and Sodapop did not have parents. In the novel, this really effected their life and character. "…It was Darry. He hit me. I don't know what happened, but I couldn't take him hollering at me and hitting me too... He didn't use to be like that... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me (2)." This shows that not having their parents anymore effected Darry’s character and how he treated Ponyboy, which in return effected how Ponyboy felt about himself in comparison to how he was treated. This illustrates that Ponyboy believes that Darry picks on him all the time. This shows that Darry was like a caring parent in a tough way,
To keep a strong friendship you need to stay loyal to one another just as much as Ponyboy and his brothers stay loyal to each other after stating in chapter twelve “If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything.” Through passionate tone used by Sodapop throughout this quote we are shown that after everything they have been through that they trust each other and that staying together is all
After the church fire Ponyboy comes to the realization of many things. Two-Bit and Ponyboy are eating at a restaurant known as Tasty Freeze when Randy asks to speak with him. Ponyboy tells Randy, ¨Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn’t have. It’s the individual¨(115). He finds out that you cannot define someone based on of they are part of the Socs or the greasers. Furthermore, he finds out that every one is a individual and that means that just because he is a part of a certain group it does not mean that they are all going to react or perceive a situation in the same exact way. In addition, he say this to Randy because when there was a fire in the church Dally was not willing to risk his life to save someone else's when Johnny and Ponyboy were more than willing to help the kids. This shows event shows how all Greasers and Socs are not the same. In the beginning of the novel Ponyboy believed Darry disliked him and thought he was a nuisance. However, later on at the hospital Ponyboy tells Darry, “I’m sorry” (98). Ponyboy’s words expose how he feels bad for thinking Darry disliked him all along when in truth he loved him more than words could describe. He realizes that Darry fears losing another family member that is why he is so overprotective of Ponyboy. Hence, proving Ponyboy is clearly a dynamic character.
...n they are in the hospital when Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally return from Windrixville and Johnny is dying. Ponyboy realizes that Darry does actually care about him; he is just strict because he wants him to be better. At that point Ponyboy thinks that everything is going to be all right because he understands Darry now, but it just goes back to normal with all of the arguing. Finally Sodapop steps in after Dally dies and everyone is sad and feeling helpless. He tells Darry and Ponyboy to promise to never argue again because he doesn’t like it, and they agree. All of these conflicts in the novel “The Outsiders” started with Darry hitting Ponyboy in the face. This lead to many different relationship problems between the Curtis brothers and three deaths that made the relationship very strong.
And I was going to be like him. I wasn't going to live in a lousy neighborhood all my life” (S.E. Hinton 118). He is harsh on Ponyboy, but only because he wants Ponyboy to be successful and happy. For Sodapop, he is more laid back because Soda has a job, the good looks, is a highschool dropout, and knows Soda does not want a future
He is nice, but not really to Ponyboy. He never enjoys when Soda brings Pony along. Steve doesn’t enjoy Pony’s company, and Pony is aware of that.