Chapter Ten

Vocabulary: Find the meaning of the following word from the chapter and use it in a sentence correctly.

Indignantly p.159

Indignantly- angry or annoyed at the unfairness or unreasonableness of somebody or something

She protested indignantly. Her face turned pink, filled with anger at the rudeness that the people gave back to her.

1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?

Ponyboy’s dreaming or lying to himself, finally worked in this chapter because when ever he would think about Johnny or Dally he would say in his mind that they weren’t dead and that they were probably just out in the lot or something. When he thought things like this he believed himself and felt more comfortable and not as depressed.

2. Why was Johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?

Johnny’s dying was so difficult for Dally to handle because Johnny was the only thing in this world that Dally ever loved, and it hurt to see that one thing that he loved just to be gone in a spilt second, and never to be seen in his life ever again. Dally cared about Johnny a lot and wanted to die because he couldn’t bare the pain anymore because of the loss of Johnny.

3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?

I think that Dally would have wanted to die because he couldn’t take the pain anymore and also because he felt that he had nothing to live for anymore and that he had nothing in this world anymore. Since he risked his life for Johnny when he was saving the kids in the church and then Johnny ended up dying he felt that his live had no meaning to it and he had no reason to live or to be put on earth.