Outsiders Essay   

              "Chug, chug, chug, chug!!"  I heard in the background as I made my way over to the punch bowl. I started drinking my punch as I turned arouned and to my suprise I saw Cherry. " Cherry, Cherry is that you?"I said in a slightly suprised voice.

 "Ponyboy? I didn't  know you went here," she said in a some what happy voice.

               We started to talk about what we've been doing the past few years and somehow we started to talk about the old days." I didn't get a chance to talk to you after........well........what happened with Johnny," she said.

               " Yeah after all that death I was a bit confused, then I read this letter. It eased me up a little, and I started to read more and you know Mr. Syme who assigned me that theme?" I said.

                   "Yeah why?" she said a little confused.

                   " Well that inspired me to write!"

                   " WOW!" Cherry said amazedly.

                    " I didn't realize something so good as a passion for writing could come from something so horrible. I mean you were only fourteen when Bob got killed and then Johnny after that."