High level sample

Frost and Hinton both explore the concept that all things change, including what is good in life. Frost writes that “Nothing gold can stay.” We think of “gold” as something that is gleaming and precious. When Frost writes that this cannot “stay”, this seems to mean that everything is temporary, including the precious things in life. Frost’s message here is similar to Hinton’s novel. In the Outsiders, this message is displayed through the young character of Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy’s life, though far from ideal, was running fairly smoothly in terms of a greaser, until Johnny accidentally murdered Bob in the park that night, sending Ponyboy’s life into yet another downward spiral. Hinton and Frost both show us here that everything changes at some point, even things that we cherish the most. Hinton shows this through Ponyboy, when his life goes from bad to worse as he is forced to become a fugitive from the law.

During their respective poem and story, Frost and Hinton both explore the notion that youth is fleeting. Frost writes that ‘Her early leaf’s a flower, But only so an hour”. Youth to us is the beginning stages of our lives, when we aren’t knowledgeable and are oblivious to the wrong that goes on in the world around us. But Frost states that this is only temporary, and we soon must grow up and realise what goes on in the world. Frost’s message in this part of the novel is similarly portrayed in Hinton’s, The Outsiders. In The Outsiders, this message is portrayed to us when Darry had to mature quickly in order to take care of Sodapop and Ponyboy. Hinton and Frost tell us that youth is fleeting and temporary, and this is portrayed through Darry having to grow up to become the man of the family.

Both Robert Frost and S.E Hinton exhibition the fact that there is innocence in youth. Frost writes in his poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, that nature’s first green is gold. This mean s when nature is still young and blooming it is gold, which means it is pure and innocent. Youth is when we are young and don’t know much about the world, therefore we are innocent. We have not committed any sins and we do not know right from wrong so we can do no harm. Robert Frost’s message is parallel to Hinton’s. In The Outsiders this portrayed to us through Dally, who turns innocent at the event of Johnny’s death. Although he acts mature and toughened, he is still youthful and has innocence and compassion within him. Hinton and Frost show us that youth contains innocence and this is best portrayed through Dally at Johnny’s death.

Frost and Hinton both explore the concept that all things change, including what is good in life. Frost writes that “Nothing gold can stay.” We think of “gold” as something that is gleaming and precious. When Frost writes that this cannot “stay”, this seems to mean that everything is temporary, including the precious things in life. Frost’s message here is similar to Hinton’s novel. In the Outsiders, this message is displayed through the young character of Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy’s life, though far from ideal, was running fairly smoothly in terms of a greaser, until Johnny accidentally murdered Bob in the park that night, sending Ponyboy’s life into yet another downward spiral. Hinton and Frost both show us here that everything changes at some