To stay like he is. Like the poem. Watch the movie. Easier to understand...
Ponyboy because when Johnny Cade dies he told him,"Stay gold Pony, stay...gold." and he dies. Pony remebers the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost and it reminds him of the sunset.
"Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold..."
to stay gold
stay gold pony stay gold
"Stay gold,Pony,Stay gold" -johnny cade's last words "Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not he sights you want to see
Stay gold ponyboy.
You see, Dallas and Two-bit. They wanted to bust a joint. Ponyboy wasn't down with this, so he had sex with a lalmingo. jonhy tells pony to stay gold because he wants pony to fufill his life without having the title juvinile dilinquent.
well johnny tells ponyboy to stay gold..
I personally think Johnny's last words "Stay gold Pony, stay gold." meant that he didn't want Ponyboy to change or to harden up like Dally or Darry. He wanted him to stay the way he was.
Chapter 9. Go to Spark notes and search the outsiders. Find "important quotations explained" and click "explanation for this quote".
He did not want pony to be a fighter and a rough person. He wanted him to stay the way he was. Gold.
The quote is on page 148 " Ponyboy." I barely heard him. I came closer and leaned over to hear what he was going to say." Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.." The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died."