"Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the thingsyou want to learn" Discuss this quote from the noveland how it applies to one of the greaser's lives. What things did he learn? Support your ideas with what you know about the character through examples from the novel.
I would expect the quote to be from Ponyboy I don’t think it really matters because I think that it applies to everyone in the gang, you don’t grow up wanting to get shot and worry about getting jumped when the hair on the back of your neck stands up. I think that the Greasers were brought together by problems and they didn’t know how to deal with them but get in trouble. Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy were brought into the gang by the fact that they suffered the loss of their parents. They grew up lost and made the best out of it. Johnny came from a “broken home” where his parents hated him. The only people that really cared about him were the greasers, the greasers were family. Dallas was closer to him than anyone he was his little brother and when Johnny died that was like losing your little brother to him. Darry was like the father or the parent figure for the gang. He looked out for all of them and he took care of all of them. He said in the book that he would rather let someone rob him then lock someone out and let them get in trouble out on the streets. Darry led the responsible role for the greasers, he worked and provided, and he stayed out of trouble and took care of everyone.
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