Misjudged

Author's Note: This piece is based on Darry Curtis a charactor from "The Outsiders" and how Ponyboy misjudges him. I would like you to comment on if I had enough background information on Darry and how he got to this point.

A teenager is always trying to figure out what life going to be like. Figuring this out can take time and during that time many mistakes can be made, especially after a death of a parent. Dropping out of school is another and this is the life Darry Curtis lives. Ponyboy misjudges him for what he has done, even though it's what Darry is doing for him and Soda. These misjudgments have made him who he is today. Is being misjudged as bad as everyone believes it to be?

When you are young it almost seems like nothing can go wrong and nothing could ever happen to you. Life is perfect, until tragedy strikes. Darry Curtis and his two younger brothers were left to survive on their own after their parents had died in a car crash. Darry was never the same after that. Ponyboy, the youngest of the three, always looked down on him because he was strict about school and house rules. All Darry ever wanted was to go to school and pursue a life other than he had, so he wanted Ponyboy to have what can’t. Darry pushed Ponyboy to do the right thing and protected him through everything though Ponyboy did not want it, just as a parent would do. One day Sodapop had run out of the house and Darry and Ponyboy chase after him to see what the matter is. Sodapop tells them that all this fighting between the two is tearing the family apart. Neither Darry nor Ponyboy suspected that was what the problem was.

Misjudging someone for pushing you to be better than they are is not a reason to dislike them. Taking the place of a parent is one of the most difficult things to do, especially when you are only 20 years old and have two teenagers to look after. Once you find that they are doing it because they love you and only want better for you than what they never had is only a reason to love them more.