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PONYBOY ANALYSIS
By Debbie Lee 8E
Who’s he?
First of all, who is Ponyboy? He is the
youngest member in both his gang and his
family with the age of fourteen. He has two older
brothers called Darry and Sodapop who care
tremendously for Ponyboy. He is known to be
fairly handsome like his older brothers, but not
only that, he is also known for his great
intelligence.
Not only that, he is a member of the Greasers,
who are also called Outsiders which represent
social outcast. Although he is aware of the fact
that he is in the way bottom of social statues, he
feels great pride in being a greaser. There are
many things that he do as many other greasers
do such a using slangs, acting tuff in front of
others and even smoking. One thing that he is
most proud of as being a greaser is his long oily
hair coated with hair gel.
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Morals
Ponyboy’s morals change greatly as time passes. In the
beginning, we all know that Ponyboy certainly hated the
Socs. He hated them for having all the good
circumstances when greasers did not. He hated them for
fooling around drinking and tormenting other people when
greasers had to work and earn money for living. However,
this changes completely after the big climax of the story.
After getting to know some of the Socs such as Cherry
and Bob a little better, he finds out that even the Socs are
just humans, that they also have problems in their lives
just like the greasers.
He learns that although the Socs and the greasers
seem to live in a whole different world, they both watch
the same sunset. At the end, he comes to see the Socs
aren’t really his enemies and end up seeing them as
just ordinarily, not just as a Soc. He learns that it’s
better to accept the reality of life and be open to
whatever comes up in his life than just being infuriated
at himself for having such a limited circumstances and
at people in the higher social level.
Personality
Ponboy’s morals are not the only ones that alters
throughout the story; his personality also changes
exceedingly. In the beginning of the book, Ponyboy was just
a wimpy, helpless little kid. Not only that, he was also
preferably quiet and often did not think before taking
actions. He was often in need of his gang members’ help
when he got jumped by the Socs which meant that he
couldn’t yet protect himself fully. He couldn’t even cause
much threat to anyone unlike the rest of the gang. We
know this because when Two-bit handed him a broken
bottle, Ponyboy rejected, saying that he wouldn’t dare
using such thing.
He was therefore considered much less violent member than
the others in his group. However, during the climax of the
book, Ponyboy goes through both hardships and success
which trigger him to be heroic, mature, and gallant. We have
many evidence to prove that, but one example would be when
Ponyboy risk himself and goes into a building fire to save the
lives of poor kids. This definitely shows a great progress in
Ponyboy’s personality.