Which sentence is the best example of a thesis for the novel The Outsiders? In The Outsiders, Ponyboy and Johnny are best friends. My favorite character in the novel The Outsiders is Johnny Cade. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy’s actions show that loyalty is the most important trait. Johnny shows loyalty to Ponyboy by protecting him from the Socs in The Outsiders.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up