Family is extremely important to the three brothers in The Outsiders. Darry, the oldest boy, has custody of his brothers and together they are involved in The Greasers, a gang which is like an extended family for them. Without each other, they would have nothing, as they do not have parents anymore since they died in a tragic car accident. Sometimes, they show that family is the most meaningful thing to them in different ways....
Family is extremely important to the three brothers in The Outsiders. Darry, the oldest boy, has custody of his brothers and together they are involved in The Greasers, a gang which is like an extended family for them. Without each other, they would have nothing, as they do not have parents anymore since they died in a tragic car accident. Sometimes, they show that family is the most meaningful thing to them in different ways. For example, there is one powerful point in the novel when Johnny kills the Soc that had been trying to drown Ponyboy, demonstrating that family is not just for blood relatives, and that family would do anything to save one another. Darry, on the other hand, slaps Ponyboy at one point in the book, but he does this because he cares about him and has a different way of showing it that the other "brothers" do. Ponyboy understands this, and knows that sometimes family isn't always perfect, even though it's something worth fighting for. Sodapop is the sensitive one, and shows his love through writing, such as when he writes Ponyboy a letter. There is also another poignant part in the book when Ponyboy is getting jumped and his brothers come to his rescue. Afterward, they take him home and care for him; this part really shows the strength and bond of the brotherhood that they feel for one another.
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