It means 'stay true to yourself'. Johnny wants Ponyboy to stay himself and stay kind and smart even when he dies and even though it will be hard he has to stay true to himself.
You should look up the poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' by Robert Frost. It might help you understand the concept better:)
~Hope I helped:)
good things come to an end and you are good but it is not your end and then Johnny dies
i believe it was nothing gold can stay by Robert frost
The poem is called 'nothing gold can stay' by Robert Frost.
Yes. Ponyboy says the poem in the book when Johnny and him are in Windrixville watching the sunrise.
It relates to this because Johnny at the end of the book is telling Ponyboy to "stay gold" and to look at the sunsets. Also when it says "So dawn goes down to day" it is saying that nothing lasts forever.
"There sure is a lot of blood in people." "I think I like it better when the old man's hittin me." "Say gold Ponyboy. Stay gold."
i believe it was nothing gold can stay by Robert frost
The poem is called 'nothing gold can stay' by Robert Frost.
I think that Johnny Cade is deeper that Ponyboy Curtis because he figured out the meaning of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" while it kept eluding Pony.
Yes. Ponyboy says the poem in the book when Johnny and him are in Windrixville watching the sunrise.
It relates to this because Johnny at the end of the book is telling Ponyboy to "stay gold" and to look at the sunsets. Also when it says "So dawn goes down to day" it is saying that nothing lasts forever.
"There sure is a lot of blood in people." "I think I like it better when the old man's hittin me." "Say gold Ponyboy. Stay gold."
"Stay gold, Ponyboy"
He did not want pony to be a fighter and a rough person. He wanted him to stay the way he was. 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.
"Stay Gold Ponyboy." Johnny Cade said it. :)
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.
Here are a few quotes from Johnny Cade in the book "The Outsiders": "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." "Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn." "I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."