Comparison Essay

Similarities can be found almost anywhere. Jonathan and Ponyboy have a few. Even though they come from two completely different backgrounds, they're actually quite similar in comparison. Despite a few differences they have a lot in common.

Jonathan and Ponyboy are a lot alike. They both proved a stereotype to be wrong. Jonathan discovered that the Hessians aren't heartless killing machines and Ponyboy discovered that the Socs' aren't perfect and get everything they want/etc. Another similarity is that they both lived in fear. Jonathan was scared out of his mind when he was first captured by the Hessians And Ponyboy was so afraid, he couldn't go outside because he was afraid of getting jumped by Socs. Jonathan and Ponyboy are alike but have differences, too.

Ponyboy and Jonathan only have one difference from what I found. Jonathan wanted to fight. Jonathan was so eager to go to war. He disobeyed his own father and joined by lying to the corporal about his age. Once he actually did fight, he realized that it was way worse than he thought. He ended up getting captured by the enemy and wanting to go home.

Whereas for Ponyboy, he didn't want to fight at all, he was afraid of fighting I guess. Johnny was jumped when they were younger and they both have been frightened ever since. When they were at the park and they got into the fight with the Socs is an example of what they were trying to avoid.

Stereotypically, characters from two different books are extremely different, but Johnathan and Ponyboy prove this wrong.