2nd post for the Outsider-Banned Book

I agree that one of the themes of the book is innocence or lost if innocence since they realize after the death of one of Socs, the dark side of the humans. Both Johnny and Ponyboy were innocence kids until the tragic night when their innocence was lost. They didn’t want anyone to get killed and now they are fill with guilt.

Some people in the United States would consider The Outsiders a banned book because of the gang violence, strong language, and underage drinking and smoking. Some adults think that this book should be banned because they don’t want the children to be influence to do what are bad things to do at their age since in the book, where some underage characters like Ponyboy drinks and smokes. Minors aren’t even allowed to drink till 21 years of age and smoke till 18 years of age. Including that the book contains gang violence which also is a bad influence for minors because it might seem cool to join a gang like in the book but in today’s world, it’s not a good idea to join a gang since they cause a lot of trouble. Like on 54, Johnny and Ponyboy were alone in their territory at night when the Socs drove up and want to pick on Johnny and Ponyboy since they were greasers. But at this time the Socs were a little drunk, so they wanted to give payback. They took Ponyboy and started drowning him in a fountain, then Johnny stabbed a Socs with his switchblade to save Ponyboy from drowning. This event all started because the Socs were under the influence of drinking and knowing that Greasers for their enemies became more violent with Johnny and Ponyboy. This show how minor got drunk and can result in behavior that is violent. Overall, the adult think it isn’t appropriate for minors since it can be a bad influence with all the gang violence, swearing, drinking, and smoking involving minors in the book.