History TearJerker / TheOutsiders

** It gets even worse according to [[WordOfGod S.E. Hinton,]] as she revealed that Soda was drafted into and eventually died in the Vietnam War.

* [[spoiler:Johnny's death]] after the big rumbles, which causes Dallas to lose it and storm out and eventually [[spoiler: rob a grocery store to attract the cops attention, then points an unloaded gun at them, [[SuicideByCop knowing that they'd shoot.]]]]
* Johnny's note that he left in ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' [[spoiler:after he dies.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Johnny]]:''' ''(voiceover, in a letter)'' Ponyboy, I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. The doctor came in a while ago but I already knew it anyway. I keep getting tireder and tireder. Listen,I don't mind dying now. It was worth it. It was worth saving those kids.Their lives are worth more than mine; they have more to live for. Some of the parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it. Tell Dally it was worth it. I'm just gonna miss you guys. I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you are gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything is new, dawn. It's just...just when you get used to everything it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's Gold. Keep it that way, it's a good way to be. I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He'll probably think you're crazy, but ask for me. I don't think he's ever really seen a sunset. And don't be bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your Buddy, Johnny.
* Throughout the book, we never realize all Soda's going through until the final chapter, where he finally has a HeroicBSOD. Pony missing, [[spoiler: Johnny and Dallas dead]], Pony and Darry constantly fighting and him unable to take sides, and on top of ''all that'', [[spoiler: Sandy had somebody else's baby, and when Soda still wanted to marry her despite that, she left town and didn't even read, let alone answer his post.]]
** It gets even worse according to WordOfGod. [[spoiler:As can be seen under the [[Trivia/TheOutsiders Trivia]] tab, when Creator/RobLowe asked S. E. Hinton what happened to his character after the book, she revealed that Soda was drafted to UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar and was killed.]]

* Throughout the book, we never realize all Soda's going through until the final chapter, where he finally has a HeroicBSOD. Pony missing, [[spoiler: Johnny and Dallas dead]], Pony and Darry constantly fighting and him unable to take sides, and on top of ''all that'', [[spoiler: Sandy had somebody else's baby, and when Soda still wanted to marry her despite that, she left town and didn't even read, let alone answer his post.]]

* Johnny's note that he left in ''Gone With the Wind'' [[spoiler:after he dies.]]

* [[spoiler:Johnny's death]] after the big rumbles, which causes Dallas to lose it and storm out and eventually [[spoiler: rob a grocery store to attract the cops attention, then points an unloaded gun at them, knowing that they'd shoot.]]

* Throughout the book, we never realize all Soda's going through until the final chapter, where he finally has a HeroicBSOD. Pony missing, [[spoiler: Johnny and Dallas dead]], Pony and Darry constantly fighting and him unable to take sides, and on top of ''all that'', [[spoiler: Sandy had somebody else's baby, and when Soda still wanted to marry her despite that, she left town and didn't answer his post.]]

* [[spoiler:Johnny's death]] after the big rumbles, which causes Dallas to lose it and storm out and eventually [[spoiler: rob a grosery store to attract the cops attention, then points an unloaded gun at them, knowing that they'd shoot.]]

* Johnny's note that he left in ''Gone With the Wind'' [[spoiler:after he dies.]]