The Outsiders: Coming of age

   I think that ponybot is experiencing a lot of hate and betrayal in this book because of what his older brother did.Darry had hit him across the face when Ponyboy talked back to him. Ponyboy's only family now is his two brothers and they are really close, he felt betrayed because no matter what happened his brothers were always there for him. For example in the beginning of the book Ponyboy had went to the movies alone. He risked getting jumped by the Rich boy gang called the Socs. Turned out he did get jumped but good thing was his brothers and his gang was there.
  Now Ponyboy probably hates Darry for hitting him. Darry and ponyboy constantly get into fights and Ponyboy never had gotten hit by Darry. It was a rule in the house that there wasn't supposed to be any violence. What I think about this is that Darry really wants what's best for Ponyboy. Darry shouldn't have hit Ponyboy but I think Darry really wants him to behave and do what's right, and not follow in his foot steps. Darry was really good in high school and was on the football team but since his parents died he had to take all the responsibility of his brothers.
   Ponyboy is getting really good grades in school and he is really good at Track, he might even be able to join the track team, but since he;s in a gang there's a lot of ways that he can ruin it. Also the said he wanted to drop out of school and that's going to be a waste of everything. Darry really wants ponyboy to get a chance of doing something big.