Johnny said that Dally reminds him of one of the gallant Southern gentlemen from the Civil War. This came about when Johnny makes a comment after reading a passage from Gone with the Wind. Ponyboy said these words when he was in the abandoned church with Johnny in Windrixville. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. At the end of the story, Ponyboy has decided to live a life that will encourage other kids his age to find their own paths and voices outside of the gang identity. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be.ĭarry encourages Ponyboy to pursue a life beyond gang membership, and the deaths of Johnny and Dally inspire the expression of his individual point of view in the English essay he writes. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. I’ve been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you’re gold when you’re a kid, like green. He also realized that Ponyboy is better than the average hoodlum, and he wants Ponyboy to hold onto the golden qualities that set him apart from his companions. Johnny, in his dying moments, senses the uselessness of fighting. Yet, Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold or stay innocent in spite of the harsh realities of life. They applied this idea to their youthful innocence, believing that they cannot remain forever unsullied by the harsh realities of life. This quote from the novel shows the belief of the children about how tough things were everywhere. That way you could tell the other guy was human too. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way.
One line in the poem reads, “Nothing gold can stay,” meaning that all good things must come to an end. The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.Īs Johnny Cade was dying, he told Ponyboy, “Stay gold,” which is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. They didn’t ask for the world they were born in, where they get to see and hear the wrong things. This quote in The Outsiders shows that the kids just wanted to belong, to be normal citizens of society. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too. We saw the same sunset.Īnd Ponyboy has to remind them that even though they are not in the same class money-wise, they still see the same sunset. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. Since they see the same sunset as seen in the quote above, they then concluded that they are not so different after all. Rather it is the qualities inside of him. That made them realize that they are all the same people it is not money that makes a man. We saw the same sunset.Ĭherry especially was surprised to learn that people from poor backgrounds could appreciate nature. It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one.
Ponyboy and Cherry were surprised to learn that they both see the sunrise and sunsets and appreciate their beauty from their respective houses. We are all the same beings made by the same creator, so there shouldn’t be discrimination or fight. The Outsiders addressed the issue of all human beings being the same irrespective of tribe, race, color, and especially financial capacity. Here are some of them.Ĭan you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too. In the book, you will find a lot of quotes. It is a story that a lot of teens can resonate with as it addresses their feelings and emotions that adults can’t relate to. The Outsiders is a story of family, honor, sacrifice, and individuality, among others.
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