In The Outsiders, Darry feels hatred for Paul Holden because he feels jealousy for Paul, but also because ''he was ashamed to be on our side, ashamed to be seen with the Brumly boys, the Shepard's gang.
Darry and Paul had been good friends and football teammates in highschool. Darry was jealous that Paul was in college. He was also ashamed to be associated with the hoodlums and maybe even the greasers.
Throughout most of the story Ponyboy believes his brother Darry thinks of him as a nuisance. He believes that if Sodapop would let him Darry would place Ponyboy in a boys home. Darry is always pushing Pony.
Quick answer: In The Outsiders, Darry feels hatred for Paul Holden because of jealousy. Paul is now in college, whereas Darry has to raise his family single-handedly. Darry also hates Paul because he's now ashamed to be a Greaser, as it drives home to him the different paths their lives have taken.
Darry is serious about keeping his family together after his parents' death. This makes him tense and confrontational, at time authoritarian. But he is loyal and devoted to caring for his brothers.
Darry is the oldest of the Curtis brothers, becoming the father figure to Ponyboy and Sodapop after their parents die in a car accident. Darry gives up the possibility of going to college and playing football so that he can take a job as a menial laborer and provide for their family.
Ponyboy walks home and finds Darry furious with him for staying out so late. In the ensuing argument, Darry slaps Ponyboy. No one in Ponyboy's family has ever hit him before, and Ponyboy storms out of the house in a rage. He feels sure now that Darry does not want him around.
The only person that Dally cares for is Johnny Cade, and he spends the entirety of the novel exerting every effort he can to protect his friend. However, Johnny eventually dies from injuries that he received in a fire that Dally could not save him from.
In The Outsiders, Darry feels hatred for Paul Holden because he feels jealousy for Paul, but also because ''he was ashamed to be on our side, ashamed to be seen with the Brumly boys, the Shepard's gang.
After Johnny dies in the hospital, Dally is so upset, he runs away from Ponyboy and robs a grocery store. The police chase him to the empty lot where the greasers hang out. There, Dally takes out his unloaded gun and threatens the police, who shoot him in self-defense.
He feels as if Darry doesn't understand him and is too hard on him. He runs because he feels that Darry has treated him unfairly. This does not mean that Darry does not care about him, though. Darry overreacted by hitting him because he cared too much.
Ivan Ponyboy decides to fight for many reasons. For example he want to sho Darry that he can use his head just as good as his brother Soda. Another example is because he wants to avenge Johny for being hert and in the hospital in critical condition.
The book does contain some mild swearing (it's not too bad). It also contains underage drinking and smoking. It is a fairly short book that was easy to read.
Note: The original cut of the movie was rated PG in 1983, before the PG-13 rating existed. The edited/extended cut released in 2003 carries the PG-13 rating.
Was The Outsiders written by a 15 year old student?
Hinton began writing the novel when she was 15 and wrote the bulk of it when she was 16 and a junior in high school. She was 18 when the book was published.
Ponyboy realizes this truth after Johnny's death. When he tries to make sense of Dally's reaction to Johnny's death, it dawns on him, "Johnny was the only thing that Dally loved."
In the heat of the moment, Darry slaps Ponyboy and instantly regrets it. Ponyboy now knows for sure that Darry doesn't want him and runs out the door followed by Darry's cries of regret. Pony heads back to the vacant lot, wakes Johnny, and announces that it is time for them to run away.
Keith (Two-Bit) Mathews The oldest of the gang, except for Darry, and still a junior in high school at age 18. He is the wisecracking comedian of the gang.
Soda ran to Pony and hugged him and said" Pony, your hair, your tuff, tuff, hair". Darry was crying. This was the first time Darry has cried. He didn't even cry at his parents funeral.
