The Outsiders - Themes

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In the novel, Ponyboy thinks of himself like Pip from "Great Expectations". They share many commonalities. Growing up as a poor orphan, he relates to Pip's struggles.
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This novel has multiple meanings. Johnny uses the southern gentleman as a comparison to Dally, and Ponyboy uses it to remember Johnny. This alludes to "Gone with the Wind".
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In the death of his best friend, Ponyboy learns a valuable life lesson: nothing lasts. This references Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay".
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"When you're in a gang, you stick up for the other members...like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore."
Ponyboy, a member of the Greasers, has a philosophy about sticking together. He doesn't believe he is in a 'gang'; his honor and loyalty to his friends is like that of family.
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When their parents died, Darrel forfeited a college scholarship to work full-time supporting his younger brothers. This commitment shows his unwavering loyalty to his family.
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I had to. They were drowning you Pony, They might have killed you. And they had a blade...They were going to beat me up."
Johnny's friendship and loyalty seem to go too far when he kills Bob, a Soc, who started to drown Ponyboy after threatening the two Greasers with a knife.
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NOTE: When an author references a well-known work of literature, or history, and expects the reader to know and relate to it, this is called an "allusion".

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