The Pigeon Power House Essay

The reporters and police interview Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry in the hospital waiting room. Sodapop jokes with the reporters and hospital staff. The doctors finally come and say that Dally will be fine but that Johnny’s back was broken when the roof caved in. Even if Johnny survives, they add, he will be permanently disabled. The next morning, Ponyboy is making breakfast when Steve Randle (Sodapop’s best friend) and Two-Bit come in with the morning newspaper. The papers draw Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally as heroes for rescuing the schoolchildren. They also mention Ponyboy’s excellent performance on the track team, in school. The papers mention that the state will charge Johnny with manslaughter and send both Ponyboy and Johnny to juvenile court.

I shook loose. “Okay I said, I’m okay.” On page 57, Ponyboy just witness Johnny murder a soc at the park. 2)Situation: This is important to know so when you read the book you understand why things are happening the way they are after this scene. 3)Importance:I chose this quote because it makes you think what you’re reaction would be if you were in Ponyboy's place, would you be in shock too? Or would you handle it differently? 4)Analysis:This quote shows how young Ponyboy is and that he never witness murder on the spot. This scene impacts Johnny and Ponyboy poorly as well as all the greasers and all the

Anthony Eaton’s A New Kind Of Dreaming helps the reader to recognize the various challenges that help the character to grow. Eaton best portrays Jamie is an outsider who is trying to find his place in the world, while uncovering the secrets of Port Barren’s shady past. Eaton has positioned the reader to the subject of transformation via different aspects. Firstly Eaton uses the plot and the setting to show the development of Jamie’s change in behavior from a delinquent to a normal lively boy. The author is making the reader sympathize with Jamie’s transformation from delinquency to honesty and loyalty. On the other hand, we see the shield of solitary fall and Jamie opening accompanying with Cameron on his journey. Nevertheless, reader is positioned to view the local police officer Butcher as abusive and manipulative. Additionally the boat on the beach and the girl’s emotions have an important role in Jamie’s quest of turning a new leaf.

After Johnny’s fight with the Socs in the park he utters, “‘I killed that boy … I had to’” (57). This is Johnny’s worst nightmare, he could never imagine being beat up by the Socs again. Johnny never stands up to others but it seems like second nature for him to save one of his “brothers”. While Johnny is in the hospital he exclaims, “Listen, I don't mind dying now. It's worth it.

My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as

Johnny and Ponyboy got stuck in a fight with some of the Socs. Johnny ended up killing a Soc in order to protect his brother. Or in other words, he was loyal to his brother. Ponyboy showed many ways in which him and his family/friends grew up.

The Johnny gasped and turned white as a ghost then red with rage. While all of the other boys were looking at the Ponyboy who was drowning, Johnny pulled a knife out of his back pocket, I gasped I knew what he was going to do seconds before he did it. “Wait!” I screamed, but the boy didn’t even acknowledge me. I turned around, I couldn’t watch. This reminded me too much of Yaqui beating me up, but this was different, these boys fought unlike we did. The way we fought it wasn’t killing each other or anything like that, but it was almost worse. Being humiliated in front of the whole school. Both Ponyboy and I got hurt though mine was both mentally and physically. The only other thing that I could see that connected our two lives was that we both fought back. Well actually Johnny fought for Ponyboy, but it’s pretty much the same, in the end the bullies both got what they deserved. No, that’s not true, nobody (even Yaqui Delgado) deserves to die. By the time I turned back around the boys were driving away in their car and the boy who had been killed was slumped on the ground not moving. The other boy; Johnny was helping to pull his friend; Ponyboy out of the water

Johnny Cade was a troubled sixteen-year-old boy. His folks wanted nothing to do with him. He was in a gang called "Greasers." The Greasers were a group that always stuck together. They have the true meaning of brotherhood. The Socs., a gang from the West Side, were always out to get them. One day, the Socs. took it way too far. Johnny was just walking home, by himself, when five Socs. followed him. They stopped him and jumped him. They beat him bad, Johnny had a cut from his temple to his cheek. He had been beaten the most by a Soc. named Bob. After this, Johnny always carried a blade with him. Johnny's best friend was Ponyboy Curtis, a frail fourteen year old that was just like a brother to him. One night, Johnny and Pony ran away, because

To survive, teens need someone to protect, fight beside, and care about them even when it seems impossible to do so. Everyone needs someone to protect them even “thing are rough all over” (Hinton 35). Johnny murdered a teenage boy because if he had not, that teen would be the cause of Ponyboys death. "' [Johnny] had to.

To begin with, Johnny stabs Bob, the Soc, with his switchblade because Bob was about to brutally beat Johnny up with his rings on his bare hands and his hurtful words from his crude, deceptive mouth. Johnny also stabs Bob because Bob’s gang was trying to drown Ponyboy, so if he was able to stab Bob then his nasty and cruel gang would leave Ponyboy alone. When Johnny stabs Bob, his plan ends up working and the other socs runaway because they got frightened at the sight of Johnny stabbing and killing their what used to be alive friend. “ I killed him, he said slowly. I killed that boy. (56)” Johnny says this to Ponyboy as he awakens; coughing up water from nearly being drowned by Bob’s gang. When the socs runaway they go and try to find police. Because of this, Johnny and Ponyboy now have to run away in order for them not to be caught and punished by

Johnny sacrificed his life to save the children from the burning building. Ponyboy risked his life to save the children from the burning building. Johnny feels remorse for killing Bob and decides to go back and turn himself in.

No parents. Two brothers. Friends that stick together. With thoughts swirling in his mind, fourteen year old, Ponyboy Curtis steps out the movie house. Ponyboy, a greaser, with Johnny Cade kill Bob Sheldon, a Soc, in self defense.

First Johnny stands up for Cherry, a girl they meet at the movie. Johnny says “leave her alone Dally. You heard me, leave that poor girl alone” (page 24). Dally was mistreating Cherry so Johnny stood up for Cherry. This is something that the shy little Johnny wouldn't do but Johnny actually spoke his mind to Dally. Around the middle Johnny took the biggest risk of his life, he knew if he took that risk it would change his life either way. He took that risk saving Ponyboy's life. Johnny states “I killed him Pony. They were drowning you, Pony they might have killed you” (page 57). From then on Johnny was not that little kid they knew, he before was too scared to talk, now he killed someone to save Pony's life. Last Ponyboy said “I had come to realization when Johnny pushed me out of the train and fell on the damp grass. Johnny must have stayed awake while I was sleepin“ (page 63) . This is showing that Johnny took responsibility and stayed awake even though he was super tired. From what Johnny was like in the beginning is very different from now, he now has courage and isn't as sensitive than in the beginning of the

To begin, Johnny is innocent for the murder of Bob concidering that Bob was killing Johnny’s third party Ponyboy, leaving Johnny to use self defence. “ ‘I had

Everyone has a courageous moment in their life, but Johnny has multiple moments where he shows a true act of courage. The first event that shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would get him in trouble with the police, but he took the chance. “ You really killed him, huh, Johnny ?...