https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux Jot down any thoughts, observations, ideas, predictions, inferences, aha moments, etc. en-us 2017-11-16 15:35:02 UTC 2017-11-20 14:47:33 UTC hello@padlet.com lpearl https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207805752 Dally is my favorite character!]]> 2017-11-16 17:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207805752 lpearl https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207806188 I agree with you when you say that Johnny is a hero.]]> 2017-11-16 17:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207806188 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207806914 I thought the most important thing in Chp. 5-6 was the fact that Cherry is spying for the Greasers. This gives the Greasers a significant advantage over the Socs because they could find out things like where they live or hang out and if they are planning on jumping anybody soon. This could also be a hidden plot later on in the story because if the Socs find out about what Cherry is doing, Cherry could get into some big trouble and it will probably end up with Cherry dead. ]]> 2017-11-16 17:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207806914 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807129 I can't believe that Johnny ran into the building to save those poor children! I noticed that he is really excited to save all those kids and I wonder if he views it as redemption for carving a hole in Bob's torso. I'm not surprised that Cherry is a spy, because she seemed very carried away with convincing the Greasers that the Socs were good, human people as well.]]> 2017-11-16 17:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807129 d25subham8242 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807243 I think that the hair that Johnny and Ponyboy cut made them lose something very important to their lives. The Socs have material objects which represent their money, while the Greasers have their hair which is the only thing that makes them who they are. Greasers also show a lot of pride in their hair, like at one point when Dally said that Pony and Soda had the best hair out of all of them. Their hair is basically what defines who they are.]]> 2017-11-16 17:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807243 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807411 I think that the poem "Nothing Gold Can stay" is talking about how Johnny is like something gold, which doesn't stay for very long. I am predicting that Johnny will pass away because of his fatal injury in the church, and then something gold will be gone]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807411 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807415 I think that the greaser's hair means  a lot to Pony and Johnny because they think it makes them look tuff and intimidating. A greaser's hair characterizes who they are because they take so much pride in styling their hair in a certain fashion.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807415 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807417 I think that it is kind of risky for Cherry to be a spy, because if I was there, then I would not really trust Cherry. She is not loyal to the Socs, so there could be a bit of suspicion. Cherry could be doing this wholeheartedly and truthfully, but it will take a while for the Greasers to truly trust her.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807417 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807460 I think that Johnny sees Dally as a father Figure because they have had a similar uprising and they can relate to eachother.

]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807460 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807464 I think that Ponyboy's and Johnny's hair means a lot more to them that just something that makes them look good. It gives them an identity as greasers, and helps them to belong somewhere. They viewed their hair as a certain symbol of what a greaser is, and when it is taken away, the boys feel like their identity is gone.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807464 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807484 Darry at the end of Ch6.
When Darry and Ponyboy  meet again at the end, I think that Ponyboy was learning an important lesson. He learned that not all people express their feelings in the same way. He needed to open his mind to others's points of views. This improves Ponyboy's character.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807484 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807544 I disagree with that because he killed Bob who we know was not drowning Pony. Though he was trying to save Ponyboy there was a pit of revenged mixed in.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807544 d25evan2013 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807595 I think that when Ponyboy and Johnny cut their hair off, they also cut some of their identity away as well. As the book mentions several times, Greasers don´t have much but they do have their hair. They were sad and edgy, almost like they were self concious about who they were now. Although it was probably neccasary, I feel like it disconnected them from their family and gang even more. ]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807595 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807669 I can't believe that Cherry is being a spy for the Greasers even after Johnny killed Bob]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807669 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807694 Their hair may seem like no big deal to us, but it defines them as Greasers. I believe it is so special to them because they don't have the money to buy cool cars, or "nice" shirts, the things that define the Socs in society (along with money). They need something that is special and identifying to them.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807694 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807725 Although we don't know what happened while Ponyboy was passed out, Johnny does say " I had to. they were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were going to beat me up." I don't think that he killed him as much in revenge as to save Pony.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807725 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807753 I think that Johnny thinks of Dally as a father because he does not have a loving family at home.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807753 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807774 Despite the fact that Dally is tough and hard, I think that he truly cares for Johnny. All he did, including lying to the fuzz, giving them a place to stay and giving them money show that he cares. Also when he  says rude things about Johnny and hurts him, it hurts Dally as well it seems. He doesn't want him to go to jail because he wants Johnny to stay young unlike him self.

]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807774 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807782 I think that Johnny was so happy in the church because he felt like he was repenting for murdering the Soc.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807782 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807852 I think that the hair/cutting their hair is so much more than just hair. I think their long hair represents their old life, and by cutting it in the church, they were renouncing their life as greasers.]]> 2017-11-16 17:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207807852 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808128 During their trip, I noticed how Ponyboy kept noticing a change in Johnny's behavior, usually acts of leadership and confidence. This may have occurred because he was older than Ponyboy, and may have felt like he needed to be the "older brother" in the situation. ]]> 2017-11-16 17:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808128 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808327 I believe that Dally is a great friend because he dosent tell the fuzz were Jhonny and Ponny are at and he gives them supplies moral support and money]]> 2017-11-16 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808327 d25maya5408 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808801 I think that at the end of Chp. 6 when Darry apologizes to Ponyboy he actually means it because he's always been angry at Ponyboy when Pony doesn't do the best he can. And he just wants Pony to exceed in life.]]> 2017-11-16 17:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808801 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808805 I agree that Johnny was having fun while he was in danger. He seemed more like a Southern Gentelmen than Dally.]]> 2017-11-16 17:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207808805 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809154 I agree with Gianna when she says that the hair might not seem like a big deal to us, but it really does define them as greasers. It shows who they are, and think of all the time they take to grow it and grease it, and it shows how dedicated to it they are]]> 2017-11-16 17:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809154 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809406 I think that johnny had to really put up a fight so thats why he didn't just cut Bob he killed him.


]]> 2017-11-16 17:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809406 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809523 I think that the poem that Ponyboy recites does in fact relate to Johnny, ad chances are that if he doesn't die, he will be paralyzed. Because when he got caught across the back, that was serious. The back is a very sensitive area, and he probably won't survive. Maybe he is the gold that will never stay.]]> 2017-11-16 17:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809523 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809876 I agree because it is obvious that Johnny looks up to Dally. 

]]> 2017-11-16 17:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809876 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809904 I agree with you. I think that it's impossible for someone to not care about anything like Dally pretends. Since he has had such a rough life, he needs something or someone to care for more than ever, and that is Johnny.]]> 2017-11-16 17:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207809904 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207810256 I too think that Johnny is almost like Dally's soft spot and that he tries not to show it but he obviously cares.]]> 2017-11-16 17:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207810256 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811150 I agree with Evan because Ponyboy was stereotyped because of his hair, and now he doesn't EVAN fit in with his gang. (Ha, I love puns)

]]> 2017-11-16 17:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811150 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811313 I think that Dally really does care a lot for Johnny, and it shows that a lot in the book. Dally never fights with Johnny when he stands up to him, and Dally gives him all the supplies he needs and a plan to escape]]> 2017-11-16 17:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811313 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811487 I agree with what you said because their hair is one of the defining properties of a greaser. By cutting off his hair he thinks that he is cutting of his pride in being a greaser.]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811487 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811496 I agree that Dally cares about Johnny a lot. He wouldn't have lied to the police about their whereabouts and tried to persuade Johnny to not turn himself into the police. ]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811496 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811518 I agree that to the boys, their hair is everything. After Pony's hair was cut and bleached, he is hurt and it opens up more wounds.]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811518 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811543 I agree because they said you can't take anything from people that don't have anything, so they take their hair.]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811543 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811676 I agree with your answer - their hair was like their identity as greasers and all that greasers are/stand for]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811676 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811882 I agree because at first johnny was super scared and concerned that he had killed someone, but now he is kind of repaying his debt.]]> 2017-11-16 18:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207811882 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812161 I agree with you, because for the Greasers, their hair is a symbol of their individuality, and how they are different from others.]]> 2017-11-16 18:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812161 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812324 I agree with your claim. Why would Cherry aid the greasers, even after the murder of her boyfriend, Bobby.]]> 2017-11-16 18:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812324 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812374 I agree with Jessica because it is a very symbolic thing when they do that. ]]> 2017-11-16 18:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812374 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812475 in response to maya I agree that Darry actually cares and he was remorsful with his apoligie]]> 2017-11-16 18:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207812475 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813071 I agree with you that the poem stay gold means a lot because life isn't stable and beautiful forever.]]> 2017-11-16 18:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813071 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813120 2017-11-16 18:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813120 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813128 It think that what Caroline says is true because I thought the same thing.]]> 2017-11-16 18:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813128 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813296 I agree with your point - Dally really cares for everyone in the gang, especially Johnny. He knows Johnny is too nice to go to jail, and knows that jail will change Johnny in the worst way possible.]]> 2017-11-16 18:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813296 d25maya5408 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813841 I agree with Shannon since Johnny has never been loved by his family and he needs someone to look out for him, and Dally kind of stepped into the role of big brother for him. ]]> 2017-11-16 18:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207813841 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207857465 I agree with Ashlin, and I fear fo Cherry.]]> 2017-11-16 19:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207857465 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207896879  I think Johnny thinks so highly of Dally because he is cool and calm under pressure and Dally is nice to him and cares for him.]]> 2017-11-16 20:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207896879 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207914688 I agree with your response when you say the Greaser hair style characterizes their identities and how they take pride in it, though I think there is more to it. Ponyboy says somewhere in chapter 5 that not everyone can have madras shirts or expensive cars, but can have hair. This kind of sheds a new light on the attachment between Greasers and their hair that I think you should have included in your response.]]> 2017-11-16 21:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207914688 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207916535 I agree with your response when you say Dally and Johnny can relate to each other. I think Dally really sees some of himself in Johnny. That might be the reason they get along well.]]> 2017-11-16 21:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207916535 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207932294 I agree with Reese when she says Dally truly cares about Johnny. He has a special bond with him in a way that is hard to describe. He sacrificed himself in the fire to save him, and he doesn't want Johnny to go to jail, because it would harden him up. This shows Dally cares for Johnny in a way that doesn't always show through his tough personality.]]> 2017-11-16 22:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207932294 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207933586 I like the way you interpreted the poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" but I interpreted it a little differently. I thought of if like nothing good can last, the something good I though would relate to their old life before the murder. After the incident with Johnny, I thought their lives would never be the same. They would always be running from the fuzz, or hiding away. After Johnny tells Dally about his wanting to turn himself in, I related the poem to the fact that their lives back at home wouldn't be the same. This was because you could get in very deep trouble for murder.]]> 2017-11-16 22:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207933586 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207952881 I agree with your statement. Johnny, for the most part, has always been portrayed as the pet, the most innocent in the group.
I'm sure he realizes this too, so I have no trouble believing that Johnny would take the role as leader to guide Pony in a situation he started. Especially since he is the oldest.]]> 2017-11-17 01:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207952881 d25subham8242 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207953850 I agree with you this gives the Greasers a HUGE advantage, knowing that they will know everything going on inside of the Socs, and betraying the Socs like that would put Cherry into big trouble being that Greasers are the Socs worst enemies, and then Cherry goes out to work with them.]]> 2017-11-17 01:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207953850 d25subham8242 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207954535 I agree with you because Pony is like a brother to Johnny, he basically has no relation to his family, and the gang being his family Pony is the only one that actually understands Johnny. Johnny wouldn't kill for his own self-defense, the only reason that he killed him was so Pony wouldn't die.]]> 2017-11-17 01:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207954535 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207955177 I agree on most parts. I do believe that Johnny ran in to set things straight, to make things right for his previous crimes by taking a chance and saving innocent children. But I do not think Johnny does this for Bob's sake. Johnny targeted Bob for a reason, and I wouldn't think Johnny would make any other choice. Even when the book shows Johnny's visible grief for his actions.]]> 2017-11-17 01:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207955177 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207961176 I agree with you about the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." Johnny is still this sweet and loving character even with such a rough home life, and he is the gang's pet, too. I think that if he dies, it will have a large impact on the gang. Especially Dally, since he seems to care especially for him, not wanting Johnny to have to go through what he has.]]> 2017-11-17 02:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/207961176 d25maya5408 https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/208209831 I agree with you about losing their identity as greasers when they cut their hair because their hair is what they think makes them different and better than the Socs and is what most greasers have in common. So when they cut it they feel like they belong in no social group.]]> 2017-11-17 17:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lpearl/2xtkuhz7cqux/wish/208209831