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Thank you We sneak in To the outsiders teens alas

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shmoop What are the major themes in the outsiders Yeah

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so this is a coming of age novel so it's

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about ponyboy figuring out who he is and who he's

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loyal teo there's A lot of violence in this infallible

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so over and over again we're asked to think about

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why people engage in violence and the effect that it

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has on others Loyalty is a huge question Identity is

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another huge question and friendship and love I mean both

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of those things together really like what it means to

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care about your friends and what it means to really

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love your friend Is there any real man's in the

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book No not really And yeah that's One of the

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great things about it This's A story about friendship and

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how your friends could be like your family and how

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powerful that isthe What are the major themes in the 00:01:12.293 --> [endTime] outsiders Is there any real man's in the book

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