The Outsiders
What did Johnny mean when he told Ponyboy to "Stay Gold"??
need a answer and a quote to prove it.
need a answer and a quote to prove it.
it comes from the the Robert Frost poem. He meant that he wanted ponyboy to retain his youthful innocence for as long as possible. The poem
He was referring to the Robert Frost poem
Nature's first green is gold
her hardest hue to hold
her early leaf's a flower
but only so an hour
then leaf subsides to leaf
so Eden sunk to grief
so dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay
the novel the outsiders
He recalls a poem by Robert Frost:
Nature's first green is gold
her hardest hue to hold
her early leaf's a flower
but only so an hour
then leaf subsides to leaf
so Eden sunk to grief
so dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay
Then he died.