It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one i saw from the back steps was the same one. maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. we saw the same sunset. explain.

The metaphor of sunset is suggestive of the similarity of people irrespective of what may have been initially thought to be.

Explanation:

Susan Eloise Hinton wrote her book "The Outsiders" about two different social classes. Ponyboy Curtis is from the poor side of the society known as the 'Greasers' while Cherry Valance represents the rich 'Socs' society.

Pony and Cherry, being from different groups, hardly interact and one thinks that the other is more happier or more free. The greasers and the Socs also think that they have nothing in common and did not try to understand each other. The greasers may think that the Socs won't have any issues as they are rich but Cherry reveals that is not the case. Everyone has problems, irrespective of what may be seen or observed by others.

The excerpt from the story about the sunset is representative of the fact that everyone is the same. We may not know what is happening with another person, and we may think that we know what life for them may be like. But the author wants to show that until and unless one walks in the shoes of another person, it is not possible to know the real situation. By saying that they saw the same sunset, Pony is implying the similarity of everyone's world. No one is better than the other.

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