Judgment in the "Outsiders"

Imagine getting into a fight where someone was killed and you and your friend run away to a safe place where the cops can’t find you. That’s what happened to Johnny and Pony Boy in the book "The Outsiders". Aside from that Johnny and Pony Boy encounter many more tragic incidents including the death of Johnny. Since Pony Boy is so sensitive it took him a while to recover from his best friend’s death, but eventually he did. Also within this book it holds a valuable lesson; don’t judge others before you know who they truly are because things may not turn out the way they seem.

Pony Boy isn’t like the rest of his gang. He has a more sensitive side to him; the kind of guy who loves to read and watch sunsets; not the kind of guy who wants to fight. All of the other guys had their own reasons why they liked to fight but Pony Boy didn’t "There isn’t any real good for fighting except self-defense." Pony Boy thought. And he took the death of his friend Johnny hard; he was in denial and gave up on many things. Finally in the end of the book he realized that he had to move on and accept things because for all his brothers did for him; he couldn’t throw it away and he knew Johnny would've liked it better that way. The whole mess started with the two gangs misjudging each other, both thinking the other had it easy and having a deep hatred for the other.

People are judged for all different reasons whether it is how they look, the money they have or the people they hang out with. Sadly, most of the people in our world are guilty of this; before they get to know a person they usually already have a label for them. This also happens in the book "The Outsiders". The two gangs the Socs and the Greasers judged each other for the money they had and the people they hung out with. Both groups hated each other without even knowing the other. Once they did get to know each other they realized that they are decent people and things aren't as easy for the other as it seemed. If people could just stop judging others before they know what they are really like; things would be much better off. There would end up being less regrets and hurt feelings.

Through the tragic moments and the raging fights; the true lesson in this book is to not judge each other. If everyone could come together and stop judging people things would be great. It is like the quote "Don’t judge a book but its cover.” Whether it is a good cover or a bad cover you will never know what it's really like unless you read it.