The Outsiders Themes

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The Outsiders is a classic book written by S. E. Hinton. Within this book are strong themes of friendship, social disparity, and identity. Nearing the end of the book, three of the main characters, the Curtis brother, end up fighting, and one, Sodapop, runs out of the house. As they are making up, some important ideas were exchanged, One of these important ideas would be the quote “We're all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don't have anything.” This quote shows that Soda believes in brotherhood, kindness, and family. Along with this, Soda also knows that as long as the greasers stay together, nothing truly terrible could happen. Soda is generally one to be a kind soul with lots of feeling. Ponyboy says “He gets drunk on just plain living. And he understand everybody.” This shows that Pony has a lot of respect for Soda, mostly because of Soda’s pureness. Even Darry, who Ponyboy thinks cannot feel a thing, is soft on Soda if he messes up. This may be because Darry has already have given up on Soda’s education and is accepting of Soda being a dropout, but could also be because of the general personality of Soda. Ponyboy knows that “Soda always takes up for me,” or that Soda is the mediator to Darry and Pony’s fights. …show more content…
After the death of their mother and father, the boys have found a way to stay together. If anybody gets into the slightest amount of trouble, the police would “Put you in a boys’ home so fast it’ll make your head spin.” Whenever Darry and Ponyboy start fighting, Soda acts as a peace-maker, and does his best to have them make up. When Sodapop ran away from their fighting, unable to take sides, Darry and Pony chased him down and profusely apologized. This shows that despite having their occasional difference, the three are very close and bonded to each