The Outsiders Analysis

Ponyboy

            In the novel, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton demonstrates Ponyboy’s change from feeling like he doesn’t really fit in with the greasers to feeling like he does fit in. With no change yet visible, he enjoyed going to the movie theater. Also he likes reading books. He walked home alone which is taking a risk because the socs always jump them. In the middle, he didn’t like the socs but he didn’t hate them either. He thought that just because they’re different it doesn’t mean they have to hate each other. One thing that changed the way he thought about the socs is when he sat at the movies with Cherry. When him and Cherry started getting close he realized that not all socs are the same. Last, he realized Soda and Darry really cared about him after get out of the hospital. After Soda told Ponyboy that they hadn’t gotten any sleep at the hospital Ponyboy thought to himself, “I took a good look at him. He looked completely worn out…” At first, Ponyboy thought that they only cared about Dally and Johnny. They show him that even though they lost two very important people in their lives; Johnny and Dally, they still cared about what happened to him. In conclusion, Ponyboy changed from feeling like he doesn’t fit in to later feeling like he did.