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“Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (Hinton, 126). “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a novel about the life of a 14 year old boy and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes he is an outsider. The character Johnny Cade is brave, shy, and he does not feel loved. For starters, Johnny is a brave kid. The text states,”I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time” (Hinton, 81). This quote explains that when Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny went to go save some kids that were stuck inside a burning church, Johnny and his friends went to go save them and the school teacher, Jerry, called them brave because they were risking their own lives for someone else’. “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They

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