The optimistic character<span> in the novel The </span>Outsiders<span> is C) Soda. Comments ... I would say Two-Bit, he is always trying to make any bad </span>situation<span> a happy </span>situation<span>. </span>Unlike most<span> of the Greasers, Pony is a sensitive teenager. ... Although he is a good student, Darry wants to make certain that Pony does his </span>best<span> in school so that he ... Disturbed over the deaths of Bob, Johnny, and Dally, he cannot </span>get<span> his ... and long, jet-black hair heavily greased and combed to the </span>side<span>.</span>