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.