The Outsiders | Themes and Characters
Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, and the tough hood Dallas Winston are the main characters in The Outsiders. Ponyboy narrates the story as he writes about his gang and the loyalty and friendship they share. Smart but often dreamy, he wants to escape the kind of life he sees awaiting him as a greaser and into which he sees many of his friends and acquaintances drifting. He wants to be somebody special, yet he does not want to abandon his friends or his image.
Johnny is quiet and shy, a victim of physical and verbal abuse by his parents and still emotionally scarred by a...
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