Table of Contents
- 1 Why did Soda look at Ponyboy like he was sentencing him to the electric chair?
- 2 What does soda admit is distressing him?
- 3 What is the result of Ponyboy’s hearing?
- 4 What were Johnny’s last words ponyboy?
- 5 What does Pony find out about soda and Darry?
- 6 What happens when Darry and pony catch up to Soda?
- 7 What does Darry tell Ponyboy and soda to do when they arrive?
- 8 Why does Ponyboy take a shower before the Rumble?
Why did Soda look at Ponyboy like he was sentencing him to the electric chair?
Why did Soda look at Ponyboy like he was sentencing him to the electric chair before saying that Dally was a good friend of his? Because he probably thought that because they were friends with Dally, they might think that Darry wasn’t a good guardian and might send Ponyboy away.
Why did soda think that being like Dally before he died was worse than being dead?
6. Why did Soda think that being like Dally before he died was worse than being dead? – Soda thought that because he felt that not having anybody to love was worse than being dead.
What does soda admit is distressing him?
Soda confesses how upset it makes him when Darry and Ponyboy fight. He says that all they have is each other, and that they need to stick together in order not to end up the way Dally was before he died, hardened.
Why does soda run away what is soda’s complaint about how his brothers treat him what do Pony and Darry promise?
What is Soda’s complaint about how his brothers treat him? What do Pony and Darry promise? He doesn’t want to hear his brothers fight. He has to be the middle person in their fights.
What is the result of Ponyboy’s hearing?
The judge asks Ponyboy a few gentle questions about his home life and then acquits him of all wrongdoing and allows him to return home with his brothers. After the hearing, Ponyboy becomes detached and depressed. His grades suffer, he loses his coordination, memory, and appetite, and he resumes fighting with Darry.
What did Johnny mean when he told pony to stay gold?
“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. Here, Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold, or innocent.
What were Johnny’s last words ponyboy?
What do Johnny’s last words mean? 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.
Why did ponyboy say that he’d killed Bob and that Johnny wasn’t dead?
By trying to convince himself that Johnny was still alive and that he was the one who killed Bob, Ponyboy is trying to cope with all the tragic events that he had witnessed. He is to some extent blaming himself because Johnny is dead and it all started with him trying to defend his friend.
What does Pony find out about soda and Darry?
Worried, Darry and Ponyboy go find Sodapop. He tells them their constant fighting is tearing him apart. Ponyboy looks at Johnny’s copy of Gone with the Wind. He finds a handwritten note from Johnny urging him to stay gold and saying that the children’s lives were worth his own.
What message did Johnny leave in the book?
What happens when Darry and pony catch up to Soda?
When Darry and Pony try to bring Soda into the fight and ask him to choose sides, he runs out of the house. Pony and Darry chase after him and finally catch him down at the park. Soda explains that he just can’t stand it anymore — always being in the middle, always being torn from one side to the other.
What does pony find in his copy of Gone With the Wind *?
Ponyboy looks at Johnny’s copy of Gone with the Wind. He finds a handwritten note from Johnny urging him to stay gold and saying that the children’s lives were worth his own.
What does Darry tell Ponyboy and soda to do when they arrive?
Darry reminds Ponyboy and Soda to run away if the police show up, so they don’t get put in a boys’ home. When the gang gets to the vacant lot, Tim Shepard and his gang are already there.
How does Ponyboy feel about Dally?
Dally’s “blazing” blue eyes, “cold with a hatred of the whole world,” had always scared Ponyboy, but since Johnny and Dally were pals, Pony felt loyal to Dally as well. Darry and Soda felt the same way, and when the judge asked them if Dally was “a real good buddy,” he received a “Yes, sir,” answer.
Why does Ponyboy take a shower before the Rumble?
Then he takes a shower to get “spruced up” before the rumble, like he and Soda always do. He, Soda, and Steve use more hair grease than they need to, to maintain their image of toughness. While they wait for Two-Bit to show up, Ponyboy asks the others if they like fighting and why.
What happened to Ponyboy’s parents in the Outsiders?
Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop, who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense.
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