Ponyboy: A static character

“He should never yell at Soda. No one should ever holler at my brother. I exploded. You don’t yell at him! I shouted. Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door” How does it feel to not have any parents growing up? In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the main character Ponyboy doesn’t have any parents, only his college age brother Darry, and his other older brother Soda pop. He has to make very big decisions in the book. Pony is also in a gang called greasers, and they get into fights with people called soc’s. Although the two gangs hate each other, Pony seems to get a different feeling about the Soc’s throughout the book.
Although Pony hates the soc’s at first, he changes a little bit. In the book, Ponyboy seems to be a static character at first, but he also seems like a dynamic character at one point. The reason he seems to be a static character, is because his hatred of the soc’s doesn’t seem to change much throughout the book. The one time he seems like a dynamic character is when he finishes talking to the soc Randy. Ponyboy realizes that both of them are human and can relate to each other. Greasers will still be greasers and soc’s will be soc’s. I think that Pony still hates the soc’s but now that he understands that even though the soc’s are the ritzy ones, they don’t have it easy either. Overall he pretty much stays a static character.
While Ponyboy seems to partially change his feelings towards the soc’s in the book, his actions don’t agree with this. For example, in the book when the greasers and soc’s have a fight called a rumble, Ponyboy goes and tries to beat up as many soc’s as possible. Randy on the other hand does not go. His actions affect the book quite a bit. One example of that is when Johnny and Ponyboy were on the run. Johnny would never have survived on his own while the police are looking for him. Another example of how Ponyboys actions affected the book would be when he decides not o run away after Darry hit him. If Pony would have run away then the whole family would have fallen apart, and the gang would have to. I think that this was probably the most important decision that he made.
In The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy makes a lot of good decisions, and some not so good decisions. His hatred for the soc’s stays pretty much the same throughout the book, except for the talk with Randy. The decisions that Pony has to make in this book affect everything that happens.

Football Champ

Author's note: In the book Football Champ, Ty is a freshman in high school, and has an older brother who is going to play in the NFL. He lives in New York with his aunt and uncle and never gets to do much other than work. One god thing is that Ty is going to be filthy rich. That’s what his grumpy old uncle thinks. That’s what his aunt thinks, and that’s what his brother thinks. Tiger Lewis has played 4 mind-blowing seasons of football at Syracuse University, and people are now talking about him being a first round draft pick. Ty is also a good football player, but not nearly as good as his brother. That is what he thinks, and that is what everyone tells him. Little does he know, he will get a chance to shine just as much, or even more than his brother in my version of the ending.

After sending one kid to a hospital twice in one week, the corner backs now feared Ty. This is what made practice so easy for the speedy wide receiver. It was like taking candy from a baby the way he flew down the field waiting for the ball to reach him. Sometimes, he would have to put in an extra burst of speed to catch up to the ball, and sometimes he would have to stop to catch the ball. Today his team was scrimmaging, and the call was to send Ty on a slant, and see if he could break free. When the ball was snapped, Ty broke into an all out sprint, then stopped and cut toward the opposite sideline. The ball was thrown on a line right to Ty. He grabbed it with smooth hands, and then started faking out every defender that dared to come near him. Once a hole opened up, Ty sprinted as fast as he could towards the end zone. After scoring, he looked up and noticed his older brother motioning for him to come over. It was time to go.

Ty had never worn something so nice. It was a sports suit that fit him flawlessly. This was a huge night though, and they were going to celebrate thoroughly. Ty couldn’t believe all the considerable football players that surrounded him, including his brother. When Tiger got picked to go to the New York Jets for the first pick in the NFL draft, Ty was so emotional that he burst out into tears. He hugged his brother, and even hugged his aunt and uncle for the first time in his life. His uncle was drunk and was screaming, “Were going to be rich!” He then passed out onto the cold tiled floor. That partially ended the celebration. Ty could care less. His uncle had never done one thing nice for him in his life. So instead of helping him up, he left him on the floor, and went to talk to his brother.

Tragedy struck in the Jets first home game. Tiger had been playing the greatest game a rookie had ever played. He had two touchdowns in the first quarter alone and had 113 yards in total. At the start of the second quarter, Tiger went up to grab a pass, when his knee gave out completely. The crowd gasped. At first, the football stud tried to get up, but then slumped back down onto the ground, groaning like a dying goose, and grabbing his right knee. The medical crew put him on a stretcher, and carried him into the locker room. Ty couldn’t help himself; he jumped down onto the field and sprinted as fast as he could over to his brother. The look in Tiger Lewis’s face was agony. Tiger whispered something to him. He told Ty to go into the game for him. That’s when Ty passed out cold onto the grassy turf. He woke up in the same spot not half a minute later, and remembered what his brother had said.

Ty could not believe what he was doing as he jogged out of the locker room wearing Tiger’s jersey. . There were 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter, so hopefully he would not have to go in. It was overwhelming, how a freshman in high school was playing in an NFL game. Once the Patriots kicked the ball off to the Jets, that’s when Ty noticed that they were losing by five, 35 to 30. The coach screamed for Tiger to get his butt into the game, and Ty didn’t know what to do. He was completely frozen to his spot. Then another player shoved him onto the field and TY sprinted off towards the huddle. He kept his head down, worrying that other players might notice that it was not Tigers face inside the helmet. His heart also skipped a beat or two when the play was called. It was a deep post corner to Tiger. When the QB asked if he was ready, all he could manage was a small gasp and a nod. He lined up. All he had to do was try to get open. When the ball was snapped, that’s exactly what Ty did.

Sprinting as fast as he could, he ran a perfect route, and beat the corner back. Not even realizing what was happening, he got past the corner and looked up just in time to see the ball coming down to him. He put his hands up, and the ball hit them with force. The football started to fall to the turf. He dove out for it, hoping with everything he had that he could get his hands on it. Ty closed his eyes and hit the ground. When he opened his eyes, he saw the brown football sitting in his palms. Looking up Ty saw the referee hold up his hands signaling a touchdown. The game was over, and the Jets had won. Emotion once more flooded through Ty’s body as he lay in the soft green grass. The last thing Ty remembered thinking was if his brother was going to be OK. He made a silent prayer, and then once again shut his eyes.

The Outsiders Conflicts

I think that the biggest conflict in the entire book would have to be when Johnny kills Bob. That pretty much makes the relationship between the greasers and soc's even worse. It is also the reason that Johnny got hurt. If the soc's wouldn't have jumped them, then Johnny wouldn't have killed Bob. If Johnny didn't kill Bob, then Ponyboy and Johnny wouldn't have had to run away. If they wouldn't have had to run away, then Johnny wouldn't be hurt and in the hospital. I think that if the Soc's and Greasers can solve most of the conflicts, then the city they live in might be peaceful.

Soda Pop

Authors note: This piece is describing a character from The Outsiders. I owuld like feed back on my character analysis.


Sodapop looks like an actor,has blond hair and is very handsome. All of the girls in the book like him. He has a very tough home life. His parents died, he is in a gang, and is a high school dropout. The one good thing he has is his brothers and his gang.Although his life is not easy, he is a very good person. He helps look after his younger brother Pony boy, and does not get into to much trouble. Soda is also misjudged by many people. People misjudge him because he is a high school dropout and a greaser. By the end of the book, I think that Ponyboy will actually convince Soda to go back to high school so that Soda might get a job and earn some money. I think this because Soda will eventually figure out that he has to do something else in life other than hanging out in a gang.