Chapter 12

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.