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In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, we learn that violence has consequences. In the novel, Johnny kills Ponyboy to stop them from drowning Ponyboy, “‘I killed him,’ he said slowly. ‘I killed that boy’” (Hinton 56). Because of the Socs drowning Ponyboy, Johnny was forced to kill Bob to save Ponyboy, but the consequences of this were that the Socs and Greasers got into a big fight and Johnny died, which made Dally die. All in all, when reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the idea that violence having consequences is taught.

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In “The Outsiders” we learned that with the choices you make come with severe consequences. When David, who is a Soc, was drowning Ponyboy, Johnny was scared and killed one of Soc so the other Socs would run off and be scared and when Johnny explained what happened he stated, “They ran when I stabbed him. They all ran. . .”  The Socs made the decision of jumping Ponyboy and Johnny so because of that the consequence was that one of their best friends got killed. All in all, you should always think about the choices you make and what can happen because of them.

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In “The Outsiders,” by S.E Hinton a major theme is loyalty. We learned that loyalty is important to the gang when, “ When you're in a gang, you stick up for the members”(Hinton 26). This shows loyalty because if someone is in trouble or running from the fuzz they gang members will do anything to protect them. Even if it will mean consequences for them

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In The Outsiders I learned that violence is not the answer . I learned this when ponyboy was being drowned by the socs and Johnny stabbed Bob. All in all if there was no violence between the socs and greasers nobody would’ve died.

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In the "Outsiders" we learn how Stereotyping is a big problem in the novel. "

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hilton we learned choices can come with severe and great consequences. In the novel Johnny decides to save kids from a burning church, but Johnny did not make it out of the church before it collapsed. When the Church was about to collapse "Johnny shoved {Ponyboy} toward the window. Get out!" (Hilton 93). Johnny decision to save Pony and the children ultimately killed him.  The church fell on him and he broke his back which lead to his death.  All in all, his choice was good because he saved his best friend and children, but it costed him his life.

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In "The Outsiders" we learn that every choice comes with a good and bad consequences. When Johnny and Ponyboy, "dropped a lighted cigarette or something...it led to, "[the church] burning up" (Hinton 91). Later on after Ponyboy and Johnny saved the kids, Johnny made the choice to, "[Shove Ponyboy] towards the window

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In ¨The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, we learn that violence has consequences weather its burning alive in a church or getting shot for having an empty gun the greasers and socs use violence to solve every problem even when its not needed like when they have rumbles they just do it for fun

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In the outsiders we learn that violence is bad. In The Outsiders an example of why violence is bad is when bob was drowning Ponyboy and that got him killed by johnny because he never would have been killed if he wasn't trying to drown Ponyboy. All in all, violence is bad because when you commit an act of violence something bad will probably happen to you like getting send to jail.

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In "The Oustiders" it is important to think about making good or bad choices. Some characters like Johnny have made good choices, yet it takes a lot of bravery. The greasers and Socs have both made bad choices about sterotyping the other. Some greasers like Ponyboy and Johnny do not rob banks, and some Socs like Cherry do not want to jump greasers. Also, not all choices have good outcomes. When Johnny had saved the kids from the burning church, the good outcome was that all the kids made it out alive, but the bad outcome was Johnny sadly passed away. Many characters in The Outsiders have made good and bad choices, but they learned their lesson from them.

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In ¨The Outsiders¨ we learn that making choices can have good and bad repercussions. In the novel,  Ponyboy and Johnny decide to save many children from a burning church, but Johnny did not make it out in time. The church was on the point of collapse, and Johnny, ¨shoved [Ponyboy] toward the window. ´Get out!´¨(Hinton 93). Johnny´s repercussion of saving Ponyboy and the other children was bad because he sacrificed himself for his friend and got caught in the fire, then died in the hospital. His choice was good because he saved many lives, and one death is better than multiple.

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, we learn that violence comes with consequences. In the book, Greasers and Socs use violence for every problem they come across, so they sometimes look out for consequences, for example "'...if the fuzz show, you two beat it out of there. The rest of us can only get jailed. You two can get sent to a boys' home'" (Hinton 137). The Greasers and Socs have a rumble where they fight until one group is left standing, so, Darry is assuring Ponyboy and Soda that if they see the cops or any signs of trouble, they run away since they can get the consequence of getting put into a boys home while others can go to jail.

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, we learned that is is very important to think about your choices before making them. When Cherry was at a movie with her boyfriend, she said" It's not my idea of a good time to sit in a drive-in and watch people get drunk" (Hinton 27). Cherry made the decision to not drink alcohol because she did not want to her life to be messed up and to get drunk all the time.

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, a major theme is choices. One instance of this is when Johnny and Pony meet Bob and Randy's gang in the park. Pony says "'You know what a Soc is?"... "White trash with Mustangs and madras' (Hinton 55). Had Pony not ticked them off like this, Johnny may not have needed to even use the switchblade, and a large chunk of the story wouldn't have ever happened. In conclusion, in the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E.Hinton, a theme is that choices have consequences.

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In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton,  we learn that some types of violence comes with big consequences. For example, When Ponyboy and Johnny were in the park a bunch of Socials rolled by and started to pick on them. Then it got more intense and they started drowning Pony boy "you could use a bath greaser and good working over and we've got all night to do it. give the kid a bath David"

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In the Outsiders we learn that you violence can come be have good or bad consequence. Dally robbed a grocery store and "Dally raised the gun, and [Ponyboy] thought: You blasted fool. They don't know you're only bluffing" ( Hinton 154). The police officers shot Dally, he new they was nothing in the gun but the officers didn't know that. Violence can be good protection but it can only be danger to yourself or other people.

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In " The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton we learn how choices have consequences. For example when Dally and Johnny burn down the church "I bet we started it" Johnny says (Hinton 93). They were smoking in an abandoned church and we they finished they but it on the ground which started the fire. Here they made a bad choice by not putting there cigarette. In conclusion make the right choice.

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Choose one of the theme topics below:

1. Stereotyping
2. Coming of Age
3. Violence
4. Courage
5. Loyalty
6. Choice

Write a CER in which you explain the theme topic of your choosing!

Claim: Identify a theme in the novel.

Evidence: Include a quote that illustrates your selected theme. Make sure you include a quote stem and cite the quote properly!

Reasoning: Explain how the selected quote illustrates your theme.