1. What 'circumstances' do Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
Ponyboy's teacher is referring to Ponyboy's concussion and stress from the hearing but Pony thinks that he teacher is talking about the death of Johnny and Dally.
2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach him and he threatens them with a broken bottle (p.170-171)? How is this a dramatic change from the Ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
Pony is not scared of the socs because he is fed up with the way that they treat him. I also think Johnny's death took a part min hardening him. This is a drastic change from the scared Pony we knew up until this point. Pony used to tremble at the sight of socs, but now he doesn't even care.
3. What does Darry mean when he says, "you don't just stop living because you lose someone" (p.173)?
Darry means that after you lose someone you have to get on with your life and move on or you'll never be happy.
4. How do we know Sandy didn't love Soda as much as he loved her?
Sandy didn't love Soda ad much as he loved her because she moved to florida to be with another man.
5. Explain how Darry and Ponyboy play tug of war with Soda.
When Darry and Pony fight, Soda gets stuck in the middle and is asked to take one side over the other thus tugging him in two different directions.
6. What do we learn was so special about Johnny (p.178)?
The most special thing about Johnny was his abilty to listen to your problems and relate to them. Johnny's special talent was listning and actually caring about what you were talking about.
7. What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment?
Ponyboy ends up writing his story about his gang and the events that happened in the last two weeks.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Chapter 11
Vocab
acquitted- to declare not guilty
1. Explain why Pony might rather have any one's hate than their pity (p.162)?
Pony would rather have hate then pity because he sees pity as an insult because he is very independent and sees pity as a disrespect. Ponyboy doesn't like to be treated like a baby. He doesn't want pity because he believes that everything he is now is because of choices he made, not his environment.
2. What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob's getting killed" (p.166)?
Ponyboy lies to himself saying that he was the one that killed Bob because he doesn't want to face the pain of Johnny's death
acquitted- to declare not guilty
1. Explain why Pony might rather have any one's hate than their pity (p.162)?
Pony would rather have hate then pity because he sees pity as an insult because he is very independent and sees pity as a disrespect. Ponyboy doesn't like to be treated like a baby. He doesn't want pity because he believes that everything he is now is because of choices he made, not his environment.
2. What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob's getting killed" (p.166)?
Ponyboy lies to himself saying that he was the one that killed Bob because he doesn't want to face the pain of Johnny's death
Chapter 10
Vocab
indignantly- the act of feeling displeasure towards something unjust.
The judge's ruling was very indignant
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
Ponyboy convinces himself, finally, that Johnny is not dead because of the immense pain that he wants to avoid and because of his head injury.
2. Why was Johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Dally was the most upset when Johnny died, because Johnny was the only thing that Dally ever loved.
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
All of Dally's life, he had been repressing emotions and when Johnny died it brought out everything he had been burying for so long, because Johnny was the only thing he ever loved.. Dally could not cope with all of his emotions so he found a quick fix to his problems.
indignantly- the act of feeling displeasure towards something unjust.
The judge's ruling was very indignant
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
Ponyboy convinces himself, finally, that Johnny is not dead because of the immense pain that he wants to avoid and because of his head injury.
2. Why was Johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Dally was the most upset when Johnny died, because Johnny was the only thing that Dally ever loved.
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
All of Dally's life, he had been repressing emotions and when Johnny died it brought out everything he had been burying for so long, because Johnny was the only thing he ever loved.. Dally could not cope with all of his emotions so he found a quick fix to his problems.
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