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Page 121: “I don’t want to die. It ain’t long enough.”

Johnny is saying like is to short and he deserves to live, because he doesn’t want to think about death.

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Page 120-“Tuff enough ,” he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentleman had nothing on Johnny Cade. I could see that even a few words were tiring him out; he was as pale as the pillow”

This is hyperbole , Becaus enough can’t be as white as a pillow because you would be dead or deathly sick.

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On page 121 Johnny says “I’m pretty bad ain’t I pony? You’ll be okay.” Pony says. I noticed that pony is lying to himself again. He is doing this because I think that he thinks that it was his fault so he lies to himself to make him think  that everything will be okay although they probably won’t.

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Breelyn Webster
On page 122, the nurse comes in and says, “your mother’s here to see you.” This is important because throughout the whole book Johnny’s mother hasn’t been a huge, positive part in his life, so when Johnny’s mother comes, this  can lead us to infer that she wants to be in his life, or something else similar. She might also be there just to see Johnny. She might have realized that he could have died right then and there and she wouldn’t have got to say goodbye, or have been influenced in a positive way by her. She also might have given Ponyboy and them a dirty look because she thinks that they are the reason Johnny is dying.

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Page:120
"He was as pale as a pillow.”

S.E Hinton keeps using this saying allover the book and it was saying how sick Jonny really was like he didn’t look good and it was showing us that if he is really that pale then he might die.

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Page 122
“A nurse appeared in the doorway. Johnny, she said quietly, your mother’s here to see you.”
Johnny’s mom came to visit and he said no, because he thought she was just going to yell at him for making her and her husbands lives worse than they are.

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page 122 - "Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see."
Ponyboy's thoughts reveal that he feels as though Johnny's life has been full, but it hasn't been filled with the experiences that would have truly made his life worthwhile. He's learned to be street smart, but this isn't something that he can look back on at the end of his life and say that it was meaningful.

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Page 123- “She saw us and gave us such a look of hatred that I almost backed up.”
I think this is significant because this thought just goes to show how much Johnny’s mother really doesn't care about him, especially if she did this to his friends.

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Page 129 “can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?”
It’s mentions sunsets a lot through the book and that’s like the good part of Pony’s and Cherry’s day because they both like the sunsets and they were talking about seeing it from different sides of the town. Then they realize that it’s the same sunset that they both see.

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Page 120- “He wants a copy of Gone with the Wind so I can read it to him” I explained.
I feel like this is symbolism because maybe the book is something that represents Ponyboy and Johnny’s friendship. The  book has brought them really close and Johnny got the book for Ponyboy  and now Johnny wants Ponyboy to get book so they can read it together.

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Page 121 “He lay breathing heavily for a moment. “I’m pretty bad off ant I,Pony?” “You’ll be okay,” I said with fake cheerfulness.”

Pony keeps lying to himself again. Pony boy is always lying to himself and he is kind of in his own world. This is a problem because when it all comes to Pony about Johnny and Dally it is going to hit him hard. It will hurt him more than it would if he where to come back to reality now. The only reason it would hurt him more because worse things can happen over time.

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Character vs. Self       Page 121
Johnny use to want to kill himself
Depression

He doesn’t want to die now because he realizes what death means and that people care about him

"I used to talk about killing myself...”
And
"I don’t want to die now. It ain’t long enough.”

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Page 122-"East side teaches you how to shut off your emotions. If you didn’t, you would explode.” I think this is a key idea because Johnny didn’t shut down his emotions, maybe that’s why he is so sensitive. This is also why Johnny is so fearful about almost everything. Things would be a little different if Johnny was tough like Dally because he wouldn’t be that scared of his parents anymore, or he wouldn’t be in the hospital.