Describe what Soda is doing while the police are trying to interview Ponyboy. Soda entertains everyone by taking a reporter's hat and camera to make fun of the reporters. What is the extent of Johnny's injuries?
Ponyboy values his sleep, though his troubles cause his own brothers to lose much of theirs in Susan E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. Because of the Curtis' small house, Pony shares a bed each night with his brother, Soda; Darry has the other bedroom to himself.
According to Randy, Bob wanted to be given a set of limits that he had to obey. According to Randy, Bob's best friend and confidante, all Bob really just wanted: "to make someone say 'No' and they never did.
Right before he dies in the hospital, Johnny says “Stay gold, Ponyboy.” Ponyboy cannot figure out what Johnny means until he reads the note Johnny left. Johnny writes that “stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem Ponyboy shared when they were hiding at the church.
There are scores to be settled: the Socs are keen to avenge Bob's death, and the Greasers have unfinished business with regards to Johnny. This promises to be an epic showdown. However, Randy won't be there. He's sick and tired of the endless cycle of violence and bloodshed.
They see Johnny's mother in the hall and she's yelling that she should be able to see her son if she wants to. When she sees Pony and Two-Bit, she screams at them that they're to blame. Two-Bit tells her, "No wonder he hates your guts" (8.45), but manages to keep himself from really telling her off.
In the next chapter, Ponyboy says that Dally lost his mind and finally "broke." He explains that Johnny was the only thing Dally loved and when Johnny died, Dally went insane. He rushed out of the hospital because he could not take seeing Johnny's dead body. Dally robs a grocery store and the cops chase after him.
History. Sodapop told Ponyboy he was sure he was going to marry Sandy. However, when she got pregnant, she left to go live with her grandmother in Florida. She is mentioned once in the film, but Sodapop never says she moved or got pregnant.
Johnny refuses to see his mother when he is in the hospital because he feels that she does not care about him. Johnny Cade came from a troubled home where he suffered abuse at the hands of his father and was neglected by his mother. Johnny is even more nervous after that, afraid of his own shadow.
When Two-Bit and Ponyboy arrive at the hospital, the nurses won't let them see Johnny. Johnny knows that his condition is not good, and he is afraid of dying. He tells them that 16 years is not enough living and that it is just not fair.
When, in Chapter 8 of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, Two-Bit Mathews tells Ponyboy, "You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein' a Soc is us," he is referring to Ponyboy's oldest brother Darryl being more mature, more disciplined, and more responsible than the rest of the Greasers.
Ponyboy isn't feeling well, but he and Two-Bit leave the house and walk toward the hospital to visit Dally and Johnny. Pony hates them, it is their fault Bob is dead, Johnny is dying, and he and Soda might be placed in a boys' home. Randy asks him why he saved those children at the burning church.
Super-Soc" say to Ponyboy: "He ain't a Soc," I said, "he's just a guy." As the quote says, because things are "rough" for both Socs and Greasers, this means that you can identify the common element of humanity in "the other guy" and move beyond the labels that only seem to divide and cause animosity in this novel.
Johnny's death was hard for Dally to handle because he was the one person Dally cared about. 3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die? Dally doesn't have anyone else in the world that he cares about, and he doesn't want to be alone.
The gang rushes out and sees police officers chasing him. Dally pulls out the unloaded gun he carries, and the police shoot him. Dally collapses to the ground, dead. Ponyboy muses that Dally wanted to die.
Darry hates Paul Holden because Paul was given the opportunity to attend college and play football, and he was not. Ponyboy mentions that Darry wasn't only jealous of Paul Holden; he was also ashamed to be representing the Greasers.
At the hospital, Johnny's mother starts shouting at Ponyboy and blaming the greasers for everything that happened. Who pulls Pony out of the room? Q. What does Ponyboy ask Two-Bit to promise?
When Johnny dies, Dally loses control and runs from the room in a frenzy. Dally calls to say that he has robbed a grocery store and the cops are looking for him. The greasers hurry to find him, but they are too late. Dally raises a gun to the police and they gun him down.
Stay gold. As he lies dying in Chapter 9, Johnny Cade speaks these words to Ponyboy. “Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. One line in the poem reads, “Nothing gold can stay,” meaning that all good things must come to an end.
Soda says that Darry likes to "show off his muscles," but Ponyboy realizes that Soda is telling the truth. Darry likes to show his strength. Two-Bit's reason for fighting is simply because it's what everybody else does. While Ponyboy considers the responses to his question, he realizes that he doesn't like to fight.
What are the rules for the rumble? On p 141, the rules for the rumble are "nothing but our fists and the first to run lose."
According to Randy, Bob's problem was that his parents never set any boundaries for him or punished him for his misbehavior.
Two-bit fights because it is a good way to blow off steam, and when someone deserves it. Two-bit is “the oldest of the gang and the wisecracker of the bunch,” and his nickname comes from the fact that he always has to tell his perspective. He liked to fight, and shoplift.
Randy has a deep need to recognize both the humanity in him (a Soc) and Ponyboy (a Greaser) in order to justify his decision to stay away from the upcoming rumble. This is why he wants to know why Ponyboy acted as he did. Randy helps Ponyboy realize that Socs are as susceptible to pain as anyone else.
Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda, and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something of me. Ponyboy then looks closely at his older brother and notices that Darry is crying. Suddenly, Ponyboy realizes that Darry really does care about him.
What is the one thing Greasers are proud of? What do Johnny and Ponyboy do to disguise themselves? To disguise themselves, Johnny and Ponyboy cut their hair and dye Ponyboy's blond.
What are Johnny's injuries? He has a broken neck and 3rd degree burns. He has a broken leg and 2nd degree burns.
Ponyboy and Two-Bit Mathews, who is supposed to be watching Pony while his brothers are at work, arrive at the hospital to see Johnny. The nurses refuse to let them in to see Johnny, but the doctor intervenes and lets them in. Ponyboy knows this means Johnny is in really bad shape.
In The Outsiders, a heater is slang for a gun. Dally is armed because of the increased tension between the Socs and the Greasers.
What celebrity does Ponyboy wish he looked like? Paul Newman.
Ponyboy and Johnny are young, homesick boys, who have committed a series of crimes and begin to feel overwhelmed, which is why they start crying. Pony mentions that he cried himself to sleep and wakes up later that night with a different attitude.
When Johnny is in the hospital, dying, his mother comes to see him. The nurse tells Johnny his mother is there and he says he does not want to talk to her. The reason for this is made clear in the book. He hates the way his mother treats him.
