Question

Read this excerpt from The Outsiders. "I'm okay. Quit shaking me, Darry, I'm okay." He stopped instantly. "I'm sorry." He wasn't really. Darry isn't ever sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him. My father was only forty when he died and he looked twenty-five and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers instead of father and son. But they only looked alike—my father was never rough with anyone without meaning to be.

Answer 1

Answer:

C) family relationships are complicated.

Explanation:

S. E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" is a coming-of-age drama that revolves around the character Ponyboy Curtis and his life. The story deals with the themes of family, rivalry, violence, and identity, etc.

A seen in the given excerpt from the story, Ponyboy expresses his feelings regarding the way his brother treats him. He admits that his brother and father are similar, but only in looks and had no similarity outside of that. While his father "was never rough with anyone without meaning to be", his brother Darry is rude at all times, "[never] ever sorry for anything he does". Ponyboy admits, at times, "It seems funny to me that he should look just exactly like my father and act exactly the opposite from him." This shows how contrasting family members can be, even though they may seem similar, like his brother and father who "people thought [...] were brothers instead of father and son."

Thus, the correct answer is option C.