Ponyboy and Greg

Similarities That Ponyboy and Greg Share

Ponyboy and Greg are 2 very different people.  Ponyboy comes from a place where poverty and crime are common. Greg comes from an ideal family with 2 parents that love him dearly.   Even though there 2 different people, they do share some similarities.

         

 A similarity that Greg and Ponyboy share is that they try to fit in with everybody. Greg tries to fit in with the kid’s at middle school that he just started. His friend in middle school was Rowley, they were pretty good friends. But then Greg started lying to Rowley and then Greg had no friends because everyone at middle school went on Rowley’s side. Ponyboy was trying to fit in with his gang that his brothers Soda and Darry were in. Everyone in the gang thought that he was just a tag along.

         

 Another similarity that Ponyboy and Greg share is that they both are bullied by family members. Ponyboy is bullied by his older brother Darry, Darry Is always yelling at Ponyboy. Ponyboy doesn’t really like Darry because he is always yelling at him. But Ponyboy really likes Sodapop because he is always caring about Ponyboy. Ponyboy also get bullied by the Socs, which is another gang (the richer gang). Greg is also bullied by a family member; he is bullied by his older brother too. His Older brother is always teasing him and telling him to do things that he shouldn’t do. Greg also gets bullied by this girl named Patty at his school. She bullies him because he doesn’t tell the whole truth.

         

 Another similarity that Ponyboy and Greg share is that they both don’t use their heads. Ponyboy doesn’t use his head because he walked home from the movies alone, and since he didn’t get someone to walk with him or at least give him a ride, he got jumped by the Socs.  Greg doesn’t use his head because when Rowley and Greg were on the duty of taking the kids from his school home, and one day when it was raining Greg had to take them home by himself and he left the kids in a hole. He had to take the kids home alone because Rowley broke his arm and he couldn’t get his cast wet.

         

Even though Greg and Ponyboy are 2 very different people, they do share some similarities; I think that Greg is a little bit spoiled, and Ponyboy has a little more concerns.