Comparison between Deborah Sampson and Ponyboy

Most women in the 1700s clean, cook, and take care of their family. However, the main character in "Soldier's Secret", Deborah Sampson, is not like most women. She didn't get an ordinary life like most women. She got a life she didn't ask for. What she wanted she didn't get at all; instead she got a life full of adventure, pain, and journeys.

In this book, Deborah has to make sacrifices just like the boy in the book "The Outsides" named Ponyboy. They both are very similar. Some examples are they both have to make sacrifices that affect them and the people around them very much. They both have to make life or death decisions that most people don't have to make at such a young age. Lastly they both don't really have a family. They both have to do things for them self and be very independent as a young adult.

I personally believe that there are more differences then similarities. One of the main differences is that Ponyboy is a boy and Deborah is a girl that disguises herself as a man. Also, their ages are very different because Ponyboy is about 14 and Deborah is about 18 so there is a big age difference. Deborah Sampson signed up for the war and fought for her country and in "The Outsiders" Ponyboy obviously doesn't go into the war!

There are so many similarities and differences between these two books that makes the book unique in its own way. It makes the book especially good for other readers. I think that both Deborah from the book "Soldier's Secret" and Ponyboy from the book "The Outsiders" are amazing characters in both of these books that are special in their own way.