The impact on the Brothers

Authors note: There are plenty of things wrong that happen to go wrong for the boys In the "The Outsiders" but which boy really had a loss of innocence.

 Imagine you have it all, your soc "basically" have at least a good amount of money and all of a sudden your parents die in a car crash. That happen to you and that forced you to grow up. That's Sodapop in the novel “The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hilton. His parents were killed in a car crash. And that had a huge impact on Sodapop, Ponyboy and Darry (Being all Brothers). Since that happen they basically turned into greasers without a choice. Just to show have fast it can all change.(Rich to poor).

Now being pretty poor Sodapop had to drop out of school and get a job at a gas station for Ponyboy in order for Ponyboy to stay in school. By dropping out of being a football star in high school and getting a job at the gas station shows a loss of innocence. How I know that is because for the book for evidence says that in (Chapter 3, Page 40) “Sodapop dropped out of school so he could get a job and keep Ponyboy in school”. And it also says that it will be Darry’s turn soon when he has to get two jobs and tries to keep a family without having any fun like Sodapop which Sodapop has been not doing (Sodapop does not have any fun).

That is some textual evidence that Sodapop has a loss of innocence. But it is really too bad if that where to ever happen to someone because they put their education on the line so (Someone) or in this case Ponyboy could keep going. In my option I think Sodapop should have stayed in school and Sodapop should just have one job and then Darry gets a job to so then they can still be in school and not drop out and damage your education.

Even before of dropping out of school when Sodapop was still young, he had some difficult circumstances that change his life, forcing them to grow up, mature. And that is why I think he has a loss of innocence.All of that happen just as fast as a car crash and happen because of the car crash. 
That’s why I chose Sodapop for my loss of innocence.

The effects of no parents

Can you picture what your life would be like right now if you had no parents? You would not have most if not close to everything that you would have right now. You would most likely be on your own, doing almost everything by yourself. Now that is how it is like in the book the “The Outsiders”. Now think what it would be like in the 1960’s.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Parents of the boy’s in “The outsiders” had done something to their child to where the boy’s are in the “The Outsiders”. So how did they get there? The Curtis parents were killed in a car accident which Darry takes care of the gang family. Or maybe the parents aren’t dead like Johnny’s parents. When the parents were physically abusing him or they're ignoring him. So then Johnny would stay away from his home for long periods of time and still his parents did not seem to care. And that would be why he was in the greasers gang.

Of what all that had happen in the greasers I would have to say that it was most if not all of it was their parents fault. Now what you might be thinking is that they could have chosen not to get in a brawl or something to lead what happen to them. But if the parents would have choose to love them and cared for them and taught them from right too wrong they would not have to worry about them doing dumb things that they did in the book.

Instead of doing dumb things what exactly would the boy’s be doing if they were loved or if their parents would still be alive Ponyboy and Darrys parents were killed in car crash they for sure would be with their parents and they would have for sure never be in the gang of the greasers. And Johnny and Dally’s parents where died so it could have been possible that Dally would not have been on the street when he was 10 years old. Overall if their parents were alive they would not be friends but they would have not had to make big sacrifices. Like when Johnny died for example.

In the end it was really too bad because it was not a happy ending and too many people got hurt and killed just because it start as a car crash and as simple as not loving your child. Many things would have never been just be not really having any parents or not real parents. (Meaning parents that love their child).That is overall how really important it is of being a good parent

My favorite character in “The Outsiders”

There is many characters in the book “The outsiders” and to me, one really stands out from the other characters and that is Cherry. Cherry is a soc except still hangs around the greasers. Furthermore that just that makes her stand out right away!

Cherry for the greasers in one in a million to the boys because she is such a good person. There has never been a soc that hang out with greasers for real (Meaning not just teasing them or something.) She is very rich and they are very poor.  But she does standout because once again because no one in the socs would want to be around any of the greasers. Sherri is open minded she does not care if you are rich, poor, very poor or even richer then her, she will always be open minded and be polite no matter who you are.

What I also like about her is she is not in a gang and just does not harm people, in fact she does the complete opposite. And in ways I would like to think that I am like her. Meaning that I try to be fastidious to people and help them when they need it. As a result that is another reason why I like Cherry.

Those are some reasons why I like I think that Cherry more than the other characters in the book the “The outsiders”. Those are the skills of a great person. That is why that Cherry is my favorite character in the Outsiders even though she is not in the book much.