Friendship In The Outsiders

In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy counts on his friends to be there for him as he gets into trouble on his path to adulthood. The book which is fiction focused on the main character, Ponyboy and his two brothers as they struggled with the socs and gangs. Ponyboy learns what it means to be a hero and the value of friendship. The three topics addressed in this meaningful novel are the power of friendship, what it means to be a hero, and the fight between rich and poor.

First, ponyboy learns the power of friendship and the value of it. “We’re all we’ve got left. We ought to be able to stick together against anything. If we don't have each other, we don’t have anything.” (176). This is important because ponyboy and his friends are like family, and have to stick together. This is also important because it shows the value of their friendship and the importance of them being together. "Johnny was something more than a buddy to all of us. I guess he had listened to more beefs and more problems from more people than any of us. A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying,
My evaluation of the book is that there are some strengths and weaknesses. The weaknesses are that the author does not give much background on some of the characters, some things in the book are not explained fully, and the ending of the story was fast paced and too short. Some of the strengths are the author uses lots of imagery to describe the characters and their personalities, She continues the themes of friendship and what it means to be a hero, and the author portrays the characters in a way that causes the reader to connect and relate with