I assume you are referring to The
Outsiders. In The Outsiders, there is reference to the
following poem:
Nature's first green is gold,
Her
hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs 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.
This poem is called
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. The meaning of the poem is that everything
starts out young and innocent, but it cannot stay. Good is "the hardest hue to hold"
because there are so many influences just from living life that can corrupt us. When
Johnny tells Ponyboy to "stay gold" he means that he wants him to stay good, and not be
corrupted by the negative forces in the
world.
The Outsiders is a coming of
age story. Although Ponyboy is a good person, he gets caught up in gang life and ends
up going on the run after a boy dies. Throughout the story, Ponyboy keeps his good
heart and does manage to stay gold.
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