![]() ![]() And I don't aim to stay in that church all my life." That was quite a speech for Johnny. "I ain't got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense. "I got a good chance of bein' let off easy," Johnny said desperately, and I didn't know if it was Dally he was trying to convince or himself. I had thought about turning ourselves in lots of times, but apparently the whole idea was a jolt to Dallas. Then he turned to Johnny and demanded: "What?" "I said we're goin' back and turn ourselves in," Johnny repeated in a quiet voice. , but now he announced: 'We're goin' back and turn ourselves in." It was Dally's turn to gag. Johnny had been quietly finishing his fifth barbecue sandwich ![]() They printed your descriptions in the paper but you sure wouldn't fit 'em now." "That was a good idea, I mean cuttin' your hair and bleachin' it. Soda and I goofed around too much, scared most of our game away." I couldn't tell Dally that I hated to shoot things. "Darry always got the most ducks, though. Hey, Ponyboy, I heard you was the best shot in the family." "Yeah," I said. Tipped me off that it'd make a tuff hide-out in case of something. How'd you know about the church?" "I got a cousin that lives around here somewheres. Have you two?" Johnny shook his head but I said, "Dad used to take us all huntin'. "I ain't never been in the country before. What do they do for kicks around here, play checkers?" Dally surveyed the scene without interest. It was hard to believe a Soc would help us, even a Soc that dug sunsets. No, it wasn't Cherry the Soc who was helping us, it was Cherry the dreamer who watched sunsets and couldn't stand fights. So Cherry Valance, the cheerleader, Bob's girl, the Soc, was trying to help us. I offered to take her over to The Dingo for a Coke and she said 'No, thank you' and told me where I could go in very polite terms." She was afraid of loving you, I thought. Man, next time I want a broad I'll pick up my own kind." "Yeah," Johnny said slowly, and I wondered if, like me, he was remembering another voice, also tough and just deepened into manhood, saying: "Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind." It gave me the creeps.ĭally was going on: "She said she felt that the whole mess was her fault, which it is, and that she'd keep up with what was comin' off with the Socs in the rumble and would testify that the Socs were drunk and looking for a fight and that you fought back in self-defense." Some of us was for jumping her then and there, her bein' the dead kid's girl and all, Shepard and some of his outfit and us were hanging around there when she drives up in her little ol' Sting Ray. "She came over to the vacant lot the night Two-Bit was jumped. JOHNNY GAGGED AND I almost dropped my hot fudge sundae. " Hey, Ponyboy, I heard you was the best shot in the family." "Yeah," I said. PDF- 74- Memory Moment- Ponyboy brings tus the readers to the time in the past were Ponys family would hunt. "She said she felt that the whole mess was her fault, which it is, and that she'd keep up with what was coming' off with the Socs in the rumble and would testify that the Socs were drunk and looking for a fight and that you fought back in self-defense." This is Cherry who got the Aha moment and finally understood this and as a result she became a spy for the greasers. PDF-73-Memory Moment - Dally tells Ponyboy and Johnny and takes them into what had happened the night Two-Bit was jumped. PDF 73- Again and Again- The word Dingo, which is like a gathering of greasers in the story was represented another time in the story. are known for fighting each other which has been happening multiple times as well as it was going to happen this time. Some of us was for jumping her then and there, " This is again and again because the Greasers and Socs. PDF 73- Again and Again- " That took a lot of nerve. " This is an again and again situation because this quote or similar quotes like this were spoken in other chapters. PDF 73- Again and Again- "Man, next time I want a broad I'll pick up my own kind." "Yeah," Johnny said slowly, and I wondered if, like me, he was remembering another voice, also tough and just deepened into manhood, saying: "Next time you want a broad, pick up your own kind." It gave me the creeps. That is the opposite of what you'd expect a Soc girl to do. Yet this Soc girl is actually helping the Greasers, spying on her own Soc friends. PDF 73 - Contrast & Contradiction - " It was hard to believe a Soc would help us. The reference or chapter 6 is below after this Can you help me find some of the signpost from ![]()
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