Stay gold... Stay gold means, as a kid, everything is new, dawn. Another way to say it is that, to stay the way that you are and not to change just to fit in with the crowd. Follow your own path, choose your own road to follow. Be who you are and want to be.
"Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold....." (< those were Johnny's last words)
"Stay Gold" Which means stay innocent.
What it means to stay gold is... To stay strong and to not give up... Keep your cool and dont have temper... Dont change who you are Just stay gold think of it as a piece of jewlery: Beautiful, precious, So it means to stay like that Stay the way you are and dont ever change because someone tells you otherwise Just be yourself! HOPE THAT HELPS!
He was telling Ponyboy that he was a good person, and advising him to stay that way.
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.
The line 'Nothing gold can stay' means that if something is worth it, don't take it for granted, because one day, it won't be there.
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.
Nothing gold can stay means that nothing that is new or beautiful can stay forever. The poem meant, when you are a kid your gold. New to the world, but as you get older, everything is getting old.Nothing Gold Can Stay is a poem that written by Robert Frost. This poem was later used by S.E. Hinton in her book called The Outsiders.
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"Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold..."
To stay gold, which in literature means to stay strong, never give up, and achieve everything through hardwork and determination.