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The gun represents Johnny and Ponyboy's loss of innocence because in the section where Johnny and Ponyboy run away, they carry a gun around. They loss their innocence by breaking a huge law.

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"I killed him,' he said slowly. " I killed that boy"  pg 56

I feel that Johnny loss his innocence in many ways throughout the book. The first way was through his whole childhood. He found out how to be independent (without his family) because his family never properly cared for him. The second way was by killing someone (eventhough it was self defense). Johnny knew that people could get killed in fights, but he didn't ever think that he would have to kill someone. He matured because he found the bad of the world. Last of all, Johnny matured with Ponyboy when they ran away. Johnny knew how it felt to live without family, however he never knew how to live without his whole gang/friends. This made him mature and learn how to fully care for himself.

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"No" I screamed" Im fourteen.I have been fourteen for a month, and Im in it as much as you are. I'll stp crying in a minute I cant help it. pg 74

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Ponyboy says," He was tougher than the rest of us-tougher, colder, meaner." pg 10

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", Darry's gone through a lot in his twenty years, grown up too fast." pg. 2

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In this picture it represents Johnny's loss of innocence because the knife with blood shows that someone was killed and the knife in his hand shows that johnny murdered him. Johnny's expression shows how scared he is. Johnny didn't want to lose his innocence, but he had to, to save a friend.

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about loss of innocence and reveals that loss of innocence is a normal thing and that it happens to everyone, but can occur different ways; at different times .