Book commentary
The Outsiders S.E Hinton
This book revolves around a young boy named Ponyboy. Who had not only witnessed but was an accessory to the fact of a murder made by his “partner-in-crime” Johnny. They go at great lengths to avoid all chances of persecution but only to end in peril.
The theme of Brotherhood speaks to me loudly in this book by actions taken from Ponyboy. Johnny –Pony boy’s “partner-in-crime”- had committed homicide to a boy just a bit older than him. Although the act was taken in self-defence the boys became swarmed with paranoia. Pony, had thought of a plan to escape the law, Johnny had refused as