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In this part, the author shows the complex relationship between the Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy, which was the main character in this novel, got shock after he went out of the cinema. His brother Darry helped him out of the trouble. This paved the way of a series of accidents would happen on them.
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Pony and Johnny met two beautiful girls in the cinema. And Pony found that he and Cherry had something in common. This event has a large effect for the things that will happen.
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On the way home, they talked a lot. They discussed about the different between Greasers and Socs. They had different values. Greasers were more emotional, whereas Socs were sophisticated. That's why they were out of tune with Socs. Because of this conversation, Pony began to understand about Socs, and he found a confidant.
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Pony got mad at Darry because he was slapped by Darry. He rushed out of the house and ran to the lot with Johnny. Trough their conversation, they talked about Johnny’s family. Johnny thought he was lonely, nobody cared about him. He liked it better the old man hit him rather than disregard him. Pony kept comforting that he got the whole gang, which showed the profound friendship between them.
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A group of Socs found Pony and Johnny and they wanted to jump them. While they almost killed Pony, Johnny stabbed a boy, Bob, which was also Cherry’s boyfriend. He died in a pool of blood. The events is the vital turning point in this story, meanwhile this incident increased the contradictions between two gangs.
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Because of the extreme fear, they asked Dally for help and then ran away by train. In this period of life, these two best friends got much closer. And them thought a lot and learn a lot. The most necessary thing was not won, but to stay gold.
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One morning, while they were seeing the sunrise, Johnny read a poem to Pony. “…Nothing gold can stay.” This sentence throughout the whole novel. Johnny wanted Pony to stay gold for his whole life.
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Because she felt the whole mess was her fault.
Because Cherry decided to be the witness, Pohyboy and other greasers could win on the court. -
It caused Johnny's death. Johnny means a lot to the whole group. And Ponyboy was fighting for him in the rumble.
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It caused Johnny's death. Johnny means a lot to the whole group. And Ponyboy was fighting for him in the rumble.
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Johnny was the heart of the group, they can live without anyone but him. And this was part of the reason they started the rumble to end this whole mess.
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It made Johnny changed the thoughts about socs, and he may be more maturer because of this.
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Two-Bit never lend the knife to anyone before. And Dally said they must beat the socs for Johnny. He was so cared about Johnny and that leads to his death.
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That was a huge attack to everyone. And it paved the way for what happened to Dally and I later.
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He can't took the fact Johnny dead and he didn't noticed there are many good things in the world. He didn't have something or someone to prevent him from being bad or even die.
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The rumble means a lot to all the greasers. They won the rumble so that they could still live in the town. They were proud of themselves.
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Many days later, Pony found a letter in the book Gone with the Wind, It was written by Johnny. And it’s also a review of this novel, directly point to understand the theme of the role played at a glance. Johnny wanted Pony to stay pure, keep a pure heart.
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This is the end of the novel. Pony was acquittal in the end. After this, pony was stuck in bad situation, which ie really setting up the plot. It describes about the bad conditions before Pony receiving the letter
