There are legends, and there are LEGENDS.

My absolute favorite book when I was a kid was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

https://english.colostate.edu/news/womens-history-month-s-e-hinton/

Hinton was just 16 years old when she wrote the book. The Outsiders has sold some 15 MILLION copies worldwide, so I was not the only one this novel resonated with.

This is an amazing story and it is hard to believe that 50 years later this is still such a huge hit with Young Adults. It is believed that this story actually stated the entire YA category.

Check out the star power in the movie adaption:

That is: Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, C Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez and Patrick Swayze

Nearly all these young actors went on to be super famous.

Why am I, Goldmatters talking so much about The Outsiders?

One of the most pivotal and moving themes in the entire film actually centers around gold.

Here is the scene where Ponyboy recites the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay:

Here is the poem:

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963

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 sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

The poem is about many things. In a literal sense, it is about the sunrise Johnny and Ponyboy witness. It is about the transitory nature of beauty. Beautiful things often burn brightly, burn hard, then burn out. A sunrise never lasts:

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Symbolically in The Outsiders, the poem relates to to the care free nature of youth, and the young people in the novel. The protagonists don’t have long to be young or gold. They face social disparity, violence, and economic disadvantage.

Relating personally I find it interesting to note that although the essence of the poem is about the temporary nature of symbolic gold, ACTUAL gold is the only thing in nature that CAN stay.

The physics of gold make it virtually indestructible and immortal. There is an excellent research piece that explains this: https://www.goldmoney.com/research/goldmoney-insights/why-gold-the-science-behind-gold

I love this book. I highly reccomend that everyone read it no matter what your age.

We can all learn from it and it serves as a reminder on the fragility of life.

The best line in the entire book comes as a final message from Johnny to Ponyboy who summarizes wisdom beyond his years and the authors in 2 simple words.

“Stay gold.”

Thanks for reading everyone!

Goldmatters

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