Cherry Valance describes the Greasers as "emotional" and Ponyboy accepts that, but we
also see that from Ponyboy's perspective being "sensitive" or "soft" is not a good quality for
a Greaser. How is being emotional different than being sensitive/soft different in the novel?
This paper follows Ponyboy Curtis' deconstruction of identity in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders and asks the question "what does it mean to be an outsider?