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Have you ever felt connected to a character? Someone that understands you or you can relate to? That character is Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is caring, emotional, and relatable. After you read this, you will realize how easily relatable Pony is to you.

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First, Ponyboy is very caring. He cared for everyone in his gang, especially Darry and Sodapop, his brothers. He showed that he cared a lot for Johnny and Dally when they died. "Please not him...not him and Johnny both" (Hinton,154). In this quote, Pony is saying how he cared about them so much and he didn't want to lose them, especially on the same day. Pony shows that he cares for his gang, even Dally.======

Ponyboy is also emotional. As Cherry said, "You greasers have a different set of values. You're emotional." (Hinton,38). Cherry was explaining the greasers in a whole, but Pony was extra emotional, being the youngest, and going through a lot of things in a short period of time. Pony reached one of his breaking points when Johnny died. "Johnny just looked dead. Like a candle with the flame gone. I tried to say something, but I couldn't make a sound." (Hinton, 148). Here, he shows his feelings by being speechless because he cared about him and he couldn't believe that he lost Johnny so suddenly.

As we discussed that Pony is relatable throughout the entire writing, I am going to tell you why. Have ever been told you are too young to do something? This is how Pony felt most of the time. One time Darry said he was too young to go to the rumble, even though he wanted to help beat the Socs. "I've got to be in it. Right then the most important thing in my life was helping us whip the Socs." (Hinton, 134). You can feel his emotion throughout the book, how he wants to be included in things even though they say he's too young.

To conclude, Pony is relatable, emotional, and caring. You can feel his emotion throughout the book, especially because the book is told in his point of view. I felt a close connection with Pony, which is why I decided to write about him. I hope you can feel a close connection with Pony too.