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One of the main conflicts in this book is the hate between the greasers and the Socs. The two groups despise each other and love to pick fights. "We get jumped by the Socs" (2). The author put this conflict in the story because every story has conflict and this is The Outsiders conflict. The conflict continues throughout almost the whole book leaving a good read for readers.

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One part of  is when Bob gets killed. This is irony because  Bob is one of the town bullies that beat up and almost killed Johnny. He is the "leader" of the Socs who like to pick on people. You wouldn't expect Bob to be killed.Another reason this is irony is because Johnny is the one who killed him. Johnny is the "gang's pet" and isn't as "tuff" as the others so you wouldn't expect to kill anyone. Even Johnny is shocked he actually killed a guy. The author uses irony in the book, The Oustiders to create a juicy climax to interest readers. "'I killed him," he said slowly. 'I killed that boy" (56).

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Johnny is a tragic hero archetype.  Johnny comes from an abusive/broken home much like the other Greasers and therefore seems to replace his abusive family with the Greasers as a more reliable and loving family.  To the Greasers Johnny is a sense of purpose and a justification for their violent measures.  Johnny is a gentle boy at heart.  This can be seen when he stands up to Dally in the Drive-in movie parking lot and tells Dally off for harassing the two soc girls Cherry and Marcia. "'Leave her alone, Dally'" (22). In the end however, it seems the events that take place in the book are a direct result of Johnny's act of bravery against Dally.  In his dying he again shows his gentle nature saying he would gladly give his life for the lives of little kids.

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In the book, The Outsiders, Soda is the sidekick because he is always looking out for his younger brother, Ponyboy. One example that supports that he is the sidekick is in the beginning of the book where Ponyboy says that he likes to go to the movies and the other guys complain and judge his opinion because they disagree. Soda sticks up for Ponyboy, "Soda was glaring at him. 'Leave my kid brother alone,you hear? It ain't his fault he likes to go to the movies...'" (13).

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Bob is the town bully. Bob is basically the leader of the bully's of the Socs. Bob loves to pick fights with greasers. This makes Bob the town bully. One example that he is the town bully is in the book, "Bob shook his head, smiling slowly. 'You could use a bath, greaser. And a good working over. And we've got all night to do it. Give the kid a bath, David" (55). This shows that Bob pretty much has control over his gang and tells him what to do, to make the greasers (Ponyboy) suffer.

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Dally is the hotshot. Dally takes risks and does what he wants. He is arrogant and aggressive. He  comes from a home where the only way to survive is by being tough and fighting back.  This makes him irrational and causes him to jump into things without thinking.  An example of his risk taking and aggressiveness is "' We gotta see him,' Dally said, and flicked out Two-Bit's switchblade" (147). In this example, he shows how  aggressive he is because he pulled a sharp blade on a doctor.

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Darry is a know it all. He is in charge of his two younger brothers, Pony and Soda since their parents died. He sometimes gets into fights with pony and usually wins, even though sometimes he gets upset and realizes that he does the wrong thing. "Darry screamed, "Pony I didn't mean to!" But I was at the lot by then and pretended I didn't hear" (50). He's  also one of the oldest greasers which makes him look more superior and smarter.

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Pony is an underdog. He is the youngest greaser and isn't very burly, but he's smart. He  would love to live in the country and have a peaceful life. "I tried telling myself that while I lay on the cold rock floor, wrapped up in Dally's jacket and listening to the wind rushing through the trees' dry leaves outside" (69). This is a good example how for Pony loves peace and nature. But at the end of the book, he ends up saving kids from a burning church.

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Dally is a piece of moldy cheese. Before he was fresh and good. He never knew what it was like to be broken. But soon his parents lost interest on him and he went to jail . After he got out he became moldy and expired. He was unable to be eaten and he was unable to love. "'... You'd better wise up, Pony... you get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you'"(147).  Another example of the book that the metaphor supports Dally is that one part of the book is where it says the Dally had a rough childhood, because it says that he went tot jail at the age of 10, and grew up on the streets.

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Dally has a had a hard life. His parents didn't care about him and he went to prison when he was 10 years old. All Dally wants to do is help Johnny because Johnny reminds him of himself when he was younger. When Johnny dies he goes into shock, then anger, and then gets himself killed. "Dally swallowed and reached over to push Johnny's hair back" (148). In the personality test results, Dally is an entrepreneur. We really agree with the characteristics of an entrepreneur. They are direct, sociable, original, bold, full of life/energy, notice change, and he makes a natural leader. It says in the book that although it wasn't said, Dally was basically the leader of the group. He is also very sociable with girls. Like with Cherry. "  He put his feet up on the back of the redhead's chair, winked at me, and beat his own record for saying something dirty" (27). His weakness are he is insensitive, impatient, risk prone, defiant, may is the bigger picture, he likes to live in he moment, likes to take risks, and he doesn't feel a lot of emotions. When he was in the hospital after the rumble he pulled a blade on a doctor which show his risk taking. He is always very defiant. He doesn't follow the law. "He liked to show he didn't care whether there was a law or not" (20). Entrepreneurs are looking for friends that want excitement and risk. If they don´t find friends that have all of those qualities they will probably shrug and walk away.

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Being in jail so much has made him have a cold heart. His other weakness is Johnny  because when johnny died, everything that Dallas loved was gone. He didn't see a reason to be alive when all he loved was gone so he purposely got the cops to kill him.

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Dally's main desire is to keep Johnny safe from everything since he isn't as "tuff" as the others and is the gang's "pet". For example, towards the beginning of the book, Johnny gets beat up be the Socs really bad, and the whole gang comes after him to make sure he is okay. Another example that Dally wants Johnny to be safe is when Johnny wants to go back to turn himself in for murder. Dally argues to not because he doesn't want him to go to jail.

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Dally's main motivation throughout the book is to keep Johnny safe.  When Johnny died, Dally ran off and purposely got killed by the cops because the only thing he loved and protected is dead. Also, when johnny killed Bob, Dally help them hide from the cops and to keep Johnny safe.