Theme Of Loyalty In The Outsiders

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The theme of Loyalty and Rivalry and its impact has a pivotal role throughout in The outsiders. During the novel, there are major impacts on characters from acts of Loyalty, or Rivalry. On page 106, on eText Johnny says to Pony, “I killed him.” Bob, tried to drown Ponyboy and Johnny would not let a Soc drown his best friend, so he killed him. This brought about a huge controversy between the two rival gangs. Another example in the novel when the church was burning down, Pony narrates and Johnny says, “Johnny shoved me toward the window. “Get out!” ( in pony's perspective on page 107) Johnny sacrifices his life to make sure Pony gets out of the church alive. That is a very loyal decision and saved Ponyboy's life. Then, on page 18, 5 Socs