*************If you already read the outsiders*********************…

first of all do u know what stay gold mean??/ if not it means what johnny was saying that ponyboy is a kid once and being a is gold and y becuz ur only young once and what he sees and his mind is different from anyone else and thats gold....ur talents are gold.....the way a person thinks is gold....meaning its a very special thing that no one else has and that not to lose it....plus everything a kid sees they make it amazing, and new and different and adults dont...so he was telling ponyboy to stay just the way he is and not to lose his way of thinking and how he sees things