front 5 - Tells Ponyboy, “Stay gold.”
- Dies from his
injuries-broken back, third-degree burns
- Tells Pony it was
“worth it” to save the kids
- Tells Pony there’s good in the
world and there’s time for him to figure out his life
-
a quiet, defeated-looking sixteen-year-old whose hair needed
cutting badly and who had black eyes with a frightened expression
to them
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front 6 - Tells Pony that he should “wise up” and be tough like him
- Regrets protecting Johnny- not wanting him to get hardened
- Can’t handle Johnny’s death because Johnny was the only thing he
loved
- Doesn’t want to live anymore and pulls a gun on the
cops
-
tough, tow-headed boy with a cigarette in his mouth and
bitter grin on his hard face
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front 7 - Pretends not to understand Pony when he talks about the rumble
and something bad happening
- Fights for conformity
- Tells Pony that he’s not like the rest of the Greasers-he
doesn’t want him to get tough
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front 8 - Refuses to see Johnny in the hospital- She can’t see Johnny
because he is the one who killed Bob
- Testifies that Bob was
drunk and Johnny killed him in self-defense
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front 9 - Wants his parents to say NO to him-looking for boundaries, but
never finds them
-
“a handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot
temper”
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front 10 - Came to Pony’s house to check on him; told Pony he didn’t do
anything
- He tells Pony that Johnny killed Bob
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