How does ponyboy act in the outside world?

Answer 1

Ponyboy, the protagonist in S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders," is portrayed as a sensitive and introspective character who often feels like an outsider in the world around him. He is known for his intelligence, creativity, and empathy towards others, but also struggles with the societal expectations and prejudices that come with his socioeconomic background. Despite these challenges, Ponyboy ultimately learns to navigate the outside world with resilience and a growing sense of self-awareness.

Answer 2

Ponyboy goes from an unreal to a real world when he and Cherry are talking on the snack line at the movies and she tells him things are rough all over. He used to think that the Socs had the perfect life that was his "unreal world" but Cherry enlightened him and told what kind of problems the Socs have so that's the "real world".

Answer 3

Ponyboy is different in the end of the story because he is become tough which worries two-bit, also he is in solid denal about his life and the whole story, he has failing grades, and is pretty much lost. Examples for worried two-bit, Some Socs in the end comfront Pony so Pony pulls his broken bottle on them but the thing is that after they leave and Two-Bit is talking to Pony about, Pony gets on his knees and picks up all the little glass pieces. Examples for solid denal when people confront Pony about Johnny killing Bob he said it was his fault and Johnny isn't dead either. Examples failing grades, in the end Pony is failing English so his teacher makes a deal with him that if he rights a good people on a theme his choice at least 5 pages he will pass him with a C.

Answer 4

In the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy has a well defined dislike for the Socs. After everything that happens, he comes to see that the Socs and the greasers are alike in a lot of ways and his dislike becomes less severe.