It is interesting, but nowhere in the novel The
Outsiders does S.E. Hinton say that Sandy is pregnant. Instead, Hinton
suggests the idea and allows the reader to draw that conclusion himself. On page 111 of
my copy, which is part of Chapter 7, Sodapop Curtis and his best friend, Steve Randle,
briefly discuss Sandy and what has become of his relationship with her while Ponyboy was
in hiding with Johnny Cade.
Sodapop was staring at his feet, but his ears
were reddening. "...She went to live with her grandmother in
Florida."
"Look," Steve said, surprisingly angry, "does he
have to draw you a picture? It was either that or get married, and her parents almost
hit the roof at the idea of her marryin' a sixteen-year-old
kid."
Judging by the emotions
expressed by Soda, Sandy's forced exile was very difficult for him. Earlier in the
book, he says that he will marry her when she graduates, and within a few sentences of
the discussion mentioned above, Ponyboy recalls Sandy's eyes lighting up when she looked
at Sodapop.
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