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Examples Of Brotherhood In The Outsiders

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The Outsiders Essay (Rough Draft) The book “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, unfolds a story brotherhood with a twist. Living on the East side of town are the Greasers, the poor juvenile delinquents representing the lower class. Whereas the Socials or better known as Socs are the spoilt rich kids living on the West side of town. These two gangs are very different from each other. Subsequently, there is a brotherhood type relationship between the Greasers. Whereas there is none for the Socs. Darry Curtis the unofficial leader of the Greasers shows leadership as he brings his gang and family together. Furthermore, in “The Outsiders”, Darry is portrayed as a sensitive, caring, and a very loyal young man. Darry being the oldest of the …show more content…

When Ponyboy was in Windrixville, hiding with johnny, Sodapop sent a letter with Dally, Sodapop states “Darry and me ran nuts when you ran out like that, Darry is awful sorry hit you. You know he didn’t mean it.”(81) Although Darry had not written the letter he was clearly sensitive about his feelings towards his brother Ponyboy. In addition for him being the strong and tough guy everybody knows, showing his emotions for his brother clearly proves that Darry is sensitive. To add onto that fact, he demonstrates that he truly is sensitive to his brother because he truly regrets his actions and he feels very repentant for Ponyboy. Furthermore, Darry portrayed the characteristic trait of being sensitive was when Ponyboy came back from Windrixville, Ponyboy states “ Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn’t make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks.” Crying is one way to show that someone is sensitive because sensitive is basically when you get emotional sometimes or take things way too seriously and crying demonstrates that very well. Darry shows that he is sensitive because he really was sorry for Ponyboy and he was so sensitive that he started crying. Darry also shows sensitivity when Pony came back, Darry states, “Oh Pony, I thought I lost you… Like we did mom and dad.”(98) This statement strongly shows that …show more content…

When Ponyboy comes back home tremendously late from the vacant lot, Darry states “Where the heck have you been? Do you know what time it is? Well it’s two in the morning kiddo.” This shows he was worried a lot about Ponyboy because first of all, even though he works two jobs and is really busy, he took the risk of being tired the next day and sacrificed that for his brother. Moreover, that shows he is caring because he worries about him coming late and/or getting into trouble with an misfit. Another example of when Darry showed he was caring was when Ponyboy got jumped by a few Socs, Darry states “Are you alright Ponyboy.” (6) Darry states this right when he got in contact with Ponyboy. The fact that he asked this first without scolding him showed that he really cared about his younger brother and that Pony’s safety was his first priority. He also exhibits that he cares because when someone asks you about your safety it means they really worry if you got hurt or not. Darry also showed he was caring in the letter Dally had brought from Sodapop, Soda states “Darry hasn’t got the slightest notion where you’re at and it, is nearly killing him.” That statement from Soda shows who Darry is. As everyone knows, “You aren’t who you tell people to be, you are what you are when you don’t tell anyone.” If I connect that with this idea it totally proves that Darry is caring because

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