Hinton Ponyboy In 'The Outsiders' By S. E.

“Your gold when you’re a kid, like green. everything's new, like dawn” (Hinton, 1967,Pg. that was what Johnny told Ponyboy in his note in Gone With The Wind explaining what he meant by telling him “stay gold”. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Ponyboy Curtis is a dreamy boy who has problems with social classes which cause him to run away from home. By the end of the story, he learns to deal with loss and becomes an understanding, tuff boy. “When I stepped out of the bright sunlight of the dark movie house, I had only two things on my mind, Paul Newman and a ride home”(pg.180). Ponyboy is a dreamy kid, who admires movie stars and enjoyed movies and sunsets. “Can you see the sunset real good from the west side”(pg.129)? This is when Ponyboy