Ponyboy is a character in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy is a smart greaser, and isn't like the others. He is 14 and lives with his two brothers because his parents died. PonyBoy isn't your stereotypical gang member. He likes school and gets great grades. He is always reading a book. He is the narrator in the story, and writes the book for his friend. From Pony’s perspective, he was the youngest greaser, and was like everyone's little brother. He was always hanging around the other guys and didn't like to steal or fight. He was one of the good greasers. Pony gave good details and was always clear on what was happening in the story. PonyBoy's parents died in a car accident when he was younger, so he lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop. Darry helps Pony a lot. “If I brought home b’s he would want a’s and if I got a’s he want to make sure they stay a’s” Darry told Ponyboy (Hinton 13). Darry cares about Pony’s grades. Darry is Pony’s legal guardian, and Ponyboy wants it to stay that way. I think people should get to know greasers before they call them offensive names. …show more content…
He saved kids in a burning down church and helped his gang in the rumble. PonyBoy and his friend Johnny were staying inside the abandoned church and might of dropped their cigarette. PonyBoy and Johnny ran into the church and saved the kids. Ponyboy and Johnny never had to help them, but they rather risk their life to save the kids. PonyBoy also helped his gang in the rumble against the socs. I think ponyboy isn't like the rest of the greasers because the death of his parents made him want to be a good student and
He is smart, and gets good grades in school. This is purposefully mentioned several times within the story, and people tend to be surprised to learn that he is a Greaser. In addition, some Greasers are nicer than people tend to think. When the church burned down, Ponyboy and Johnny run in to save the children without a second thought. They acted with selflessness, putting the safety of the children above their own. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital, Ponyboy is asked if he and Johnny are "professional heroes". He responds by telling the entire story of how they're Greasers and Johnny is wanted for murder, shocking the man in the ambulance. It is difficult for him to believe that a group of Greasers would do something so heroic. Johnny dies as a direct result of their actions, but neither Ponyboy nor Johnny regretted what they
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.
By looking at the incidents happened around Ponyboy and the changes of Ponyboy’s attitudes towards reality, we can see that Ponyboy has matured and learned the essence of solving problems, which most readers don’t see; this is important because it reveals the relationship between dreams and reality, that is cocooning from the world is not going to solve any problems, instead, only through facing the reality could we regain lost courage and break the obstacles.
the beginning of the book chapter 1 Ponyboy went to the movies alone on the way home some greasers jump him and in the right moment his group members save him from getting beat.
Throughout the course of The Outsiders, Ponyboy goes from a greaser that tries harder than the others, but goes on to mature even more than you think he would. This fact makes him a dynamic character, as a dynamic character is a character in a storyline that goes through big changes, whether good or bad. You may be confused as to what I am talking about, even though you should have read, but let me explain. Ponyboy Curtis, the main character of The Outsiders, matures throughout the course of the novel. With the actions that take place, Ponyboy experiences the way of life and how it works. While he does not become “tough” like Dallas or Two-Bit, or even his own brother Darrel, and while he does not mature in physical terms, he does in mental terms. Let me start from the beginning.
In the Outsiders written by S.E Hinton one of the main characters is Ponyboy. He is stereotyped as a greaser (a poor boy from the east side of town). Ponyboy accepts being a greaser and it affects him positively. Some people might stereotype Ponyboy as a hero and not a greaser.
Ponyboy doesn’t act like any regular greaser who is tough and likes to pick fights. Ponyboy cares about other people and will do things to benefit others. “I didn’t know what he was talking about, so I just went on picking up the glass from the bottle end and put it in the trash can. I didn’t want anyone to get a flat tire.” (pg. 172) Instead of leaving the
He knows that Ponyboy has a chance because he is very smart. How they both reacted to not having parents shaped and effected who they are. “Johnny was high-strung anyway, a nervous wreck from getting belted every time he turned around and from hearing his parents fight all the time(2).” This explains how Johnny was effected by his parents. His parents constantly fighting and beating him made him who he was. A part of him was effected by all the chaos and pain he had to go through every day. “We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while. I don't mean I do things like that. Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police.” Social roles are a part of self-image that makes a person who they are. In the novel Ponyboy explains the groups that the Greasers and Sochs were split into. This
In the book The Outsiders there were multiple conflicts that affected Ponyboy and the Greasers such as difficulties with their family, friends, and the law, yet they still got through them with
S.E Hinton has presented Ponyboy as an outsider in her novel "The Outsiders" because of his personality. The Outsiders are a phenomenal novel, which depicts the life of a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis or Ponyboy and his struggles in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. S.E Hinton has characterized Ponyboy and Johnny by describing them as hoodlums who smoke cigarettes, get busted for robbing stores, and steal cars. Ponyboy’s personality would be described as being bright and sensitive, unlike the other Greasers. He is perceived as an outsider since he lived in the poorer areas of
He realizes that he had an identity that he can communicate and be like a greaser, but doesn’t devote to the greaser way of life. In the scene, Ponyboy has an advanced way of life that includes both the Soc and greaser style, “Socs are just guys after all...Thing are rough all over.” Ponyboy at this time, understands how a Soc and a Greaser are similar and are of the same kind, human, yet are also different. He establishes an idea that the identity of a person is important because it describes who you are. As a result, Pony learns to look between the lines of people, not just at the extremes. The evidence that supports this is also “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” as I stated before. Andy says, “I’m Andy, he screamed wordlessly, I’m Andy.” When Andy’s death was coming close, the only thing we wanted in the end, was an identity. Similar to Ponyboy who is different from the gang and has a distinct personality. He is disparate because in the gang, Pony was the only one who ever thought about the sky, clouds, and books, which proves him exclusively in the group. This proves that Andy and Ponyboy are different from their gang and have a personality different from the group, and they both actually want to be different and be known not as a Royal or a Greaser, but as Andy and
With his long greasy hair and baggy worn out clothes he looked likes a bad kid, but the way he talked and the way he thought it was a whole different person inside of him. The Outsiders is about two rival gangs that fight and go through so much stuff to just to call the territory their own. It is the Socs versus Greasers. They always have their back up because you can't trust anyone, but at the end of the day is all the rubbles and fighting worth it? Ponyboy one of the greasers has a big character change during the book. In the beginning of the book Ponyboy was getting jumped by the Socs and he was acting all tough and defending himself, in the middle of the book he starts to break while he is in the church, and when the kids were stuck in
Ponyboy's characteristics are immature and smart in the beginning of the novel. He is immature because he disrespect his brother, and thinks Darry is to hard on him." I don't care about him either" (Hinton 17). He is also immature because he couldn't control his frustration, when his brother slapped him for passing his curfew, which lead to him running away. Ponyboy states "I turned and ran out the door and down the street as fast as I could" (Hinton 44). He shows eagerness with his education, he is also one of the top straight A students of his class. Ponyboy states "I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything" (Hinton 4).
Ponyboy is very very heroic when he saw the church was on fire.He was the first one to run in to find the kids inside.In the rumble he helped them win against the socs.He didn’t get into a fight with Cherry and Marcia’s boyfriends.I consider Ponyboy to be the second biggest hero.Pony wasn’t like any “ordinary” greaser he was quite different and chose to be nice and not very nasty like the others which makes him a better hero.
He is self-conscious about the fact that Soda has dropped out of school, and he wants him to finish his education. Soda did not do well in school, did not like school, and is perfectly content to work in a gas station. A job he loves. Soda also believes that he is doing the right thing by helping to support his family. Pony doesn't care about any of those facts, he just wants Soda to go back to school. Gang relationships are included in the theme of family love. Ponyboy's gang members need the support and security that they find in the gang. The home life situations that these boys find themselves in are often abusive. They have turned to the gang for the love and support that should have come from