Room at the Top

“It was real nice night. I guess I was still out of shape, because we all three tied. No. I guess we all just wanted to stay together.”

These lines spoken by Ponyboy may seem relatively minor to some, but they really hit in an interesting way due to the fact that I could not imagine having to say to myself that the only people I had were my siblings. Many readers may not take the situation of Ponyboy and his brothers very seriously because after all the book is fiction, but there are hundreds of homes that resemble the Curtis’ all over our country and there are hundreds of fourteen year old boys telling themselves that the only people they have left are their brothers. When we put our selves in Ponyboy’s shoes and really try and imagine life without our parents or grandparents or even aunts and uncles who all love us then this quote’s significance is revealed. Besides a great sense of pity towards Ponyboy we too need to have a great deal of respect for not only him but both of his brothers as well. For example Darry; I cannot imagine having to quit college and work everyday of my life just to put my little sisters through high school, especially with the potential that Darry apparently had. And even though Soda didn’t have the potential Darry did he still could have made it further than working in a garage, but no, he was there everyday solely for Ponyboy, and that really allows me to appreciate the lifestyle I live and my parents as well.