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Chapter nine begins when Ponyboy has dinner with his brothers and takes five aspirin to keep him going. He, Soda and Darry all got ready to show the Socs they were just as good as they were. The boys put extra oil in their hair to show they were greasers, and they were proud of it. Darry thought it might be a better idea if Ponyboy didn't fight, seeing as he had lost weight and strength in Windrixville. Ponyboy tried to figure out why everyone fought, Soda for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride and Two-Bit for conformity. He realized he couldn't think of a good reason why he fought other than self-defense. At the lot, Ponyboy looked at the difference between his outfit and Tim Shepard's. Their outfit had a leader, and were proud to be hoods, real hoods, Ponyboys was just a group of friends that stuck together. The greasers weren't used to having just skin fights, they usually used anything they could find. When the Socs arrived there were 22 of them and 23 greasers, the odds were in their favour. Darry and a Soc named Paul started the fight after a few snarky remarks, Ponyboy and Soda seeing Darry was ashamed to be on the side with Tim and the Brumly boys. The fight started and Dally arrived and helped Pony after threatening the nurse with Two-Bits blade. Ponyboy got a blow to the head and was almost knocked out after being kicked in by a Soc when the fight ended, the greasers winning. They won because one of the Brumly boys had used a pipe, which was against the rules. Dally grabbed Ponyboy and go in his car to take him to the hospital to see Johnny with the help of a police escort. They got to hospital and were told that he was dying. When they got in the room they told him about the rumble and Dally told Johnny he was proud of him which is all Johnny ever wanted. Johnny told Pony to stay gold before he died, Dally was devastated.

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Greaser is the term used to class the East side. The greasers are poorer and almost like hoods, stealing, driving old cars, holding up gas stations and have gang fights.

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The Socs are the middle class and higher. They like to jump greasers, wreck houses and throw beer blasts. They have so much privilege that they can be called a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next. Their rival gang is the greasers.

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- Main character/narrator
- More of a loner
- Likes to read
-14 years old
- Doesn't use his head
- Smart in school
- Parents died in a car accident
-Kind
-More respectful than the others

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- Ponyboys brother
- 16 going on 17
- Understanding
- Happy-go-lucky
- Will never grow up
-Gets drunk off living
-Has a girlfriend named Sandy
-Can make anyone grin

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-The "real character" of the gang
-Elfish face, high cheekbones and a pointed chin
-Doesn't like haircuts or oil
-Spent three years on the wild side of New York
-Arrested at 10
-Tougher, colder and meaner than the rest
-Doesn't like doing things the legal way
-Goes around trying to break laws
-Not very respectful to women
-Wouldn't hurt Johnny

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-Soda's best friend
-17
-Tall and lean
-Thick greasy hair, combed back
-Knows cars very well
-Doesn't like Ponyboy

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-Oldest of the gang
-Six feet tall
-Stocky in build
-Sideburns
-Couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life
-Real name is Keith
-Famous for shoplifting and his black-handled switchblade
-Always smarting off to the cops
-Likes fights, blondes and school

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- In constant fear
- Had a bad home life
-"A little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers"
-The youngest next to Ponyboy
-The smallest
-Nervous, suspicious look in his eyes
-The gang's pet, everyone's kid brother

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- Ponyboys oldest brother
-Busy
-Serious
- Grew up too fast
-Not sorry for anything he does
-Six foot two, broad shouldered and muscular
-Dark brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back, cold eyes
-20 years old

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Humans needed to be loyal in the past for survival. Is it something that is more or less important in the 2000's?

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Humans needed to be loyal in the past for survival. Is it something that is more or less important in the 2000's?

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Loyalty is definitely something that has lost its value. In the past it was a matter of life and death. Now loyalty is hard to find. People will go behind their friends back and never even bat an eye. Loyalty, trust and promises are treated like nothing in modern relationships and friendships and it's sad to see.

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Is loyalty more important to you than "popularity" or "fitting in"? Why or why not?

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Is loyalty more important to you than "popularity" or "fitting in"? Why or why not?

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Loyalty is 100% more important to me than popularity or fitting in. Popularity means nothing in the long run. If you stop and think about it, as soon as you leave high school, what will popularity ever do for you? Loyalty is a foundation of trust that lasts a lifetime. Popularity and needing to fit in is temporary and unimportant.

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- Johnny is known in the gang for being the quiet one who won't talk unless they have to and who is scared of everything. Dally is known to be the toughest and meanest of the group. It was ironic when Johnny of all people would be the one to stand up to Dally when he was being disrespectful to Cherry and Marcia.
-Another example of irony adds on to the last, as it was ironic that Dally didn't get upset, at least not directly at Johnny, but walked away instead when it was expected for him to become very angry and most likely beat up the one who spoke to him like that.
-Ponyboy said Johnny would never hurt a fly and he ended up killing someone.

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-In the giver Jonas is chastised as a child for saying he was starving rather than hungry due to the rule of precision of language. He is assured that he will never be starving, but later in the book after Jonas escapes the community he has limited resources so he slowly starves.
-At the ceremony of twelve when Jonas' name was skipped he thought it meant something terrible. He later found out that it was quite the contrary and he would be given the honour of being the new receiver.
-Jonas' father was known for soothing babies and bending the rules for their benefit leading the readers to believe he is a kind innocent man, when really he has unknowingly murdered babies.

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Johnny Cade is wanted for the murder of Bob Sheldon. He is sixteen years old, small and nervous. Black, long, greased hair, brown eyes. Last seen wearing jeans, a jean jacket and a dark t-shirt at a park on the East side of town. May be in disguise, most likely accompanied by Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old boy, long, dark greased hair, may also be in disguise. This individual may be armed and dangerous.

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Children Saved from Fire by Murder Suspects

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Children Saved from Fire by Murder Suspects

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By: Beth McStravick
Fourteen year old Ponyboy Curtis, sixteen year old Johnny Cade and seventeen year old Dallas Winston, part of a group of hoods who call themselves "greasers", rescued a group of young children on a class trip from a burning church. Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis who are currently wanted for the murder of Robert "Bob" Sheldon as well as Dallas Winston arrived to a hospital in Tulsa late this afternoon. They were hiding from the police in a church on Jay mountain, where a group of students were visiting on a class trip. When they returned to the church they found it up in flames and heard that there were children stuck inside.  The original cause of the fire is still unknown, but due to the state of the church, it was most likely a small fire, possibly even a cigarette that went out of control. They entered through a window and rescued the five children stuck inside before any serious harm was done to them. The three boys on the other hand, were not as lucky. They have all been hospitalized, all suffering from smoke inhalation, Dallas and Johnny both with severe burns. Johnny was also hit by a large piece of burning wood, breaking his back and leaving doctors unsure of whether or not he will make it, and if he does, he will never walk again. A parent who attended the field trip, Jerry Wood says "They are the bravest kids I've seen in a long time" and Mrs. O'Briant says "I think they were sent straight from heaven." As for the murder of Bob Sheldon, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are claiming it was in self-defense, as Bob was attempting to drown Ponyboy. Should these boys be known for their heroic actions, or tried for the murder of Robert Sheldon?

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1.  In the end the socs and the greasers found a way to sort out their differences. Rather than having the town split in two and having a never ending rivalry, the can all come the the realisation that Ponyboy came to, that no matter what side of town you're on, you still see the same sunset.
2. In the end, Dally thought Johnny died, leading him to the same ending he originally had, suicide by police. Johnny found that Dally died, now he was left alone to go home to a family that had never cared for him. Even though he still had Ponyboy and the others his life would never be the same.

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Perspiration (chapter 1 page 4)- The process of sweating
Slugged (chapter 1 page 5)- Strike someone with a hard blow
Incredulous (chapter 2 page 24)- Unwilling or unable to believe something
Crocked (chapter 2 page 35)- Drunk
Gallantly (chapter 3 page 37)- In a charmingly attentive and chivalrous manner
Groggy (chapter 4 page 63)- Dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep or a blow
Premonition (chapter 4 page 67)- A strong feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant
Wisecracking (chapter 5 page 74)- Making a lot of quick and witty remarks or jokes.
Notion (chapter 5 page 81)- A conception of or belief about something
Drawled (chapter 5 page 82)- Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds