![]() ![]() “No, it wasn’t cherry the soc who was helping, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets, and couldn’t stand fights. Every moment of our lives are precious, and we shouldn't waste them being someone else because of the unsatisfying circumstances we may live in.Īfter finding out Cherry has become a “spy” for the greasers, Ponyboy is in shock wondering why Cherry would do such a thing. Johnny believed in Ponyboy, that he could always be himself, that he would never be changed by all these outside forces. One interpretation behind this quote was to stay who you are no matter what pushes you not to be. It explains what he thinks the poem meant, and what he meant by “stay gold”. At first Ponyboy has know idea what he was talking about, until he receives an old letter from Johnny in his Gone with the Wind book. ![]() Neither of them get what it means, until Johnny says ”Stay gold, ponyboy, stay gold…” on his death bed to Ponyboy (Pg 148). But, in an environment where crime runs rampant, and discrimination between gangs is the norm it turns out to be harder to stay the person he wants to be most in life.ĭuring one scene in the book (Pg 77) Ponyboy recites a poem to Johnny. Through symbolism, the main character in the book sees his true potential and how he should never lose who he is. S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders is a book about a boy named Ponyboy who is apart of a gang called the Greasers.
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