The Outsiders taught me that everyone has their own troubles. No matter if you're rich or poor there is trouble. It has also taught me to not take life for granted because a life can be taken away in a second. It said in the book that Ponyboy's parents died a few months before he turned 14 and when he remembers those memories it feels, to me, like it happened to him just the day before. And when Johnny kills Bob in one second was sad but told me something. And the thing that got to me the most is when Johnny dies. johnny had been in a better condition then he was when he was in the hospital. Stay gold.