Family Is All You Need

Authors Note: This piece of writing is about me showing my understanding for one of the major themes throughout the book “The Outsiders”.

Some people have two families, their blood related family, and their family that is always there for them. In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton one of the major themes is family, the book shows us that you don’t need to be blood related to be considered a family. In the novel, most of the greasers don’t live with their real family, they have each other and that’s all they really need.
The author S.E Hinton developed this theme throughout the book by telling us about Johnny’s life. His mom wouldn’t talk to him and his dad abused him, so Johnny left that family and found a new one, known as the greasers.
Additionally, the author also expresses what a true family is by showing us how they are always there for you no matter what. When Ponyboy was getting beat up by Bob, Johnny was there for him, he killed Bob because he was trying to save Ponyboy’s life. When Sodapop says “We’re all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don't have anything." to Darry in Chapter 12, he is trying to say that they need each other to get through anything. Like when he says “We ought to stick together against anything” Sodapop means that they have to be there for each other and stick together because they are family and that’s all they need, each other.
In conclusion, family is one of the biggest themes throughout the book. The greasers are a family, they need each other to get through anything, that’s what family does; they are always there for you no matter what happens. In order to be considered a family you can be either a group of people being there for each other and loving each other, you don’t have to be blood related. Family is all you need.