Everybody thinks that because he's a greaser that he just like the rest of them. Only Cherry saw there was another side to him. Only Cherry knew that Ponyboy went deeper then all the other greasers. He likes to watch sunsets. Something that Darry would never do.
Ponyboy is dynamic character, because society changes opinion about him, he changed relationship with randy and Ponyboy realized that everybody has problems. First example about ponyboy’s dynamic character is that, When Ponyboy sees a burning church and children inside of it he decides to save them and runs into church. After this he sees an article about him in a newspaper. There was written about Ponyboy’s heroic action. Before this incident people thought that greasers were only ruffians, idlers but Ponyboys action, changed everything society was no more talking mockingly and bad thing about Greasers.
Candy, like Crooks, also tried to reach out, yet he does it by trying to defend Crooks. Crooks and Curley's wife get into a climactic altercation, and Candy, acting on his loneliness, angrily discloses that they aren't "afraid of getting canned...because they got their own land". (Steinbeck 79) This reflects his reaching out because he put himself on the line for a man he had just met. Before the altercation with Crooks, Curley's wife uses her appeal to reach out. In a desperate attempt to make small talk with the men, she states
I would whine... to let them know I was feeling... abandoned.” This shows that Charlie and Molly are feeling closer to each other when they “race ahead” of Tommo “their laughter mingling”. Tommo felt jealous at Charlie and hurt when “they got too far ahead” and was trying to be noticed when he would “whine... to let them know I was feeling... abandoned”. This is emotive language and it is being used to show how Tommo and Charlie have changed emotionally as they age. In the end of the book Charlie and Tommo drift very far apart but become closer than before
The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis A groundbreaking teenage rebel story written by a brilliant writer S.E Hinton "The Outsiders" is about a gang of brothers and friends called the "Greasers" who learn the importance friendship. Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the greasers, narrates the novel. Ponyboy theorises on the motivations and personalities of his friends and describes events in a slang, youthful voice. Ponyboy’s interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop.
We are so dependent on how we look and if were popular with our pears that we don’t show the real side to us and have a fake image that projects to everyone. But sooner or later our charade falters and crumbles into dust leaving your real personality. All though you lose some friendships, you can develop more real friendships on truth and honesty. In the ‘Little Red Hen written by Diane Blacklock’ he main character, Meg was shown to be naïve to the opposite sex, when she saw him on the train she thought that from one look that he was hot and also she believed in her mind that he was a ‘nice guy’. So when he came into the chicken shop after she was
The relationship between the boy and his balloon is shown through multiple instances, but one in particular helps us understand their relationship the most. When the boy is walking home from school on a rainy day, he asks people if he can put his balloon under their umbrellas. He does this to accentuate the idea that he doesn’t want the ugliness in the world to touch his innocence. Later on, the other boys in town become jealous of him and want to destroy his balloon. Authority is a key component in this film when the adult figures become irritated with the boy and his balloon.
He went, came, sang, played pitch and toss, scraped the gutters, stole a little, but he did it gaily, like the cats and the sparrows, laughed when people called him an errand boy, and got angry when they called him a ragamuffin. He had no shelter, no food, no fire, no love, but he was lighthearted because he was free” (Hugo, 219). From early on the reader can see that Marius is a free spirit who does not accept the status quo, and has been rejected at a young age by his parents. This only proves to become truer as he grows. “ Marius was gloomy.
The Red Pony, by Steinbeck is a story based in Salinas, California where Steinbeck was born and raised. Living during the era of the Dust Bowl, Steinbeck was able to show direct connections with the time period in the book and real life. The book is about a boy named Jody who is of the age where proving his maturity and responsibility to himself and his father is very important. Jody receives a pet pony from his father and takes it upon himself to care for it and raise it. However Jody is faced with many challenges and he has to learn to overcome them on his own.
The Last Circus Essay Most young boys come to a point in life when they realise that they are not going to stay young boys forever. They stop enjoying their favourite activities, and begin to see the world differently. The child’s point of view matures - the world is suddenly not as flawless as before. The short story “The last circus”, written by Ray Bradbury in 1980, follows Doug, who goes through this exact maturation as he realises that he has been to his last circus. The story takes place in America in the 1950s during the Cold War, when it was a paranoid time for Americans, as they were scared of the atom bomb threat.