The outsiders an amazing novel by the amazing author S.E Hinton. This book takes place in 1980 in a hard part of pony boys life. Pony has gone through a lot so far in his life as his parents died when he was young and his gang the greasers are with I rivalry with the socs. This book talks about the struggles the greasers have with pony. One lesson in this story is that you should always have your friends back because sometimes you might need there’s.
One part for this is pony never is alone he is always with his friends. Because he loves his friends and they are like his brothers. Like in the beginning of the story Darry had pony’s back when his parents died it made all of gang member come together and love one another. That is why they are better than the socs because they have a way better bond then them. Like Darry says to pony after his parents died “I got your back bro”. I think that is very important for Darry.
in the middle of the story there is a lot of change. As they got in some trouble with the socs. As first the socs were coming at them and darry had to do the unthinkable. As they beat up Johnny so Darry needed some revenge. He killed a soc that try killing pony. Pony said “bro why did you kill him” as Darry stated “he was hurting you” so darry was looking out for pony . So they fled so they didn’t caught. So they went to a old church and stayed there. As they walked in pony said “why did we go here” Darry had to explain that it was for the best. The middle in the story was hard because they left everyone.
In the end of the book it is important as they left everything. So they stayed in an old abandoned church for a while as they would just read all day. As one day Johnny found them and was ecstatic. He walked in and saw them they were so excited to see him. As Johnny stated “you know I would never leave you”. And I think that is cool how Johnny will never leave them. When Johnny got beat up they were all they there for him and when they were in trouble he was there for them.
so I think that is a clear theme for this book. Because many thing support that it is the theme. And this book is good and I very recommend it. But always have your friends back because you might need them too.