The Outsiders Themes

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Theme in literature

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Central idea of a story

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Theme requirement

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Revisited multiple times throughout the story

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One theme in a story?

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False

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Example NOT showing family theme in The Outsiders

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Cherry Valance stays with her own kind due to parental disapproval of greasers.

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Example of friendship theme in The Outsiders

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Bob, Randy, and the Socs teaming up to beat up Ponyboy and Johnny

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Example supporting "importance of friendship" in The Outsiders

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Johnny shares his desperation about his life and desire to move away from where Socs and greasers live.

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Example NOT reflecting stereotypes in The Outsiders

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Greasers can be good citizens

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Dallas helps Ponyboy & Johnny hide

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Theme: Importance of friendship

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Example of "importance of family" theme

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Darry works two jobs to keep the family together

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Central theme of the book

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Any of these could be argued as the central idea