Loyalty In The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton wrote an amazing book called The Outsiders. This book has many amazing characters. So many of these characters are heroic. Darry has strength, Two-bit has loyalty, Dally has courage, Johnny has kindness, Soda has charm, but Pony has loyalty, courage, and kindness combined. That is my personal definition of a hero. Towards the middle of the story, Ponyboy displays loyalty. The author establishes this when Johnny stabbed Bob and wanted to run away. Johnny says to Pony, “We gotta get out of here, get somewhere, run away. The police’ll be here soon.” (Hinton 57) Johnny is worrying about being caught. He wants to run away. Ponyboy runs away with him. Loyalty is a huge heroic act. He could have stranded Johnny in the park all alone,