Is Your Family Important to You?

Author’s note: This is about why family is important, and also gives examples from the book The Outsiders relating to the characters.

What does the definition of family mean to you? To me it means having someone always there for you and people that care about you. You might think of those people as your friends, and they are your family you could say. For example in the book The Outsiders Johnny was considered that his parents didn’t care about him, so he told everyone that his family was the greasers. If you have a hard home life would you do the same thing?
After Darry’s parents died, he decided to drop out of school and take care of his brothers. He cares so much for them that he didn’t want them just to end up on the streets because there would be no one to take care of them. What Darry did was very considerate of him, considering that Darry was almost a socs. The reason that he was almost a socs was because he got good grades, has good friends, and also was the star football player and took it serious. Darry never did drugs, drank, and never smoked. I can relate to Darry, after my dad died and I got taken away from my mom my aunt and uncle took me in because they wanted what was best for me. Just like Darry did for Sodapop and Ponyboy.
Even though Johnny had an actual family at home he didn’t consider them as his family. He thought that his family hated him. When Johnny was in the hospital his parents came to visit him and Johnny told the nurse “Get them outta here all they are going to do is yell at me.” If I was him I would have done the same thing because he is already in sever conditions, I wouldn’t be in the mood to get yelled at. Or see the people that I thought hated me.
Although most people think as family just as family, think a little harder about the meaning of family. Does your actual family fit the defection? If so, you must have a family that love and cares for you. Unlike Johnny had, I’m sure his parents did love him but from what I could tell they didn’t care about him. They didn’t seem to want to take care and watch after him. Personally I don’t think this is right, because all parents should want to love and care for their children. That’s why they wanted to have you. It’s too bad that Johnny had to die; he could have taken advice from people to talk to his parents and figure everything out between them. Now that Johnny is gone, I think that his parents would care more because they weren’t there to stop him from saving the kids and didn’t overly care that he had ran away to the church.
Some times people think that people don’t care about them. I think everyone has had that feeling sometime in their life, I know for a fact that Johnny did. But, I also have felt that way. It’s hard living with my cousins because they are my aunt and uncle’s actual children, and I’m not, most of the time they don’t treat me fair. I make the best out it though; I stay positive and always know that they love me. Just like all the geasers loved each other. And most importantly Johnny’s parents loving him.