the events that he faced in the past week
Ponyboy ultimately chose to write about the theme of social class and its impact on individuals for his team assignment. He focused on the struggles between the Greasers and the Socs, highlighting how their differing socioeconomic backgrounds shape their identities and experiences. This topic resonated deeply with him, allowing Ponyboy to express his thoughts on identity, belonging, and the consequences of societal divisions.
Ponyboy has to write a theme in his English class. he has to write theme for his class so he can improve his grade because he is failing his class
his teacher made him write a special essay assignment
Because after the deaths, he began to fail Mr. Syme's class. His teacher told him if he wrote a theme (essay) then he would give Pony a C for the semester.
Ponyboy is finally able to write his English theme after he processes the traumatic events surrounding the death of his friends and the struggles he faces as a Greaser. His experiences inspire him to express his feelings and thoughts through writing, allowing him to connect with his emotions and share his story. Ultimately, he realizes the importance of his narrative, giving him the motivation to articulate his journey and perspective.
Ponyboy decides to tell about the way greasers live everyday by telling his story starting with when he walked out of the movie house. So really, Ponyboy was just telling his theme all along.
He writes about the Greasers and the Socs. The book is pretty much Ponyboy's essay.
He has to write a theme about the mot exciting thing in his life and it has to be done asap or his English teacher will not give him a passing grade...so he writes about the time he walked out of the Movie Theater before he got jumped.
After everything that has happened in the story Ponyboy finds a note from Johnny, that he had dictated to his nurse, in his copy if "Gone with the Wind". Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay golden" refering to their previous conversations. This inspires Ponyboy to write his theme for English about all that has hardened to him in the last weeks. We then find out that the whole story was his theme.
if ponyboy will come up with a good semester theme, he'll pass with a C grade.
After everything that has happened in the story Ponyboy finds a note from Johnny, that he had dictated to his nurse, in his copy if "Gone with the Wind". Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay golden" refering to their previous conversations. This inspires Ponyboy to write his theme for English about all that has hardened to him in the last weeks. We then find out that the whole story was his theme.
Ponyboy ended up writing the whole story in the book for his English assignment book is his writing essay in a way, because at the end it says:"And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home..." and that is the first thing he says in the beginning.