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A theme in the book was it doesn’t matter what side of the city you grow up on, it only matters how you act meaning that just because you’re friends are like something doesn’t mean you have mimic them. The vital part is who YOU are not who you’re friends are. An example for this theme is Ponyboy. He lives on the east side with the Greasers and he is a Greaser except he doesn’t do everything the Greasers do. Another theme is telling us that there is apparently always two sides to the story. Like the way the Greasers thought the Socs were all mean, cold-hearted rich reckless kids and that they’re life is perfect. The Socs basically think the same except that they think that since they’re poor they get to do anything they want. Ponyboy an...