Chapter 8

Chapter Eiight **~

1. How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition?
The doctor says to "let them go in. He's been asking for them. It can't hurt now." When the doctor says "it can't hurt now," he is foreshadowing that "now" is too late. That The damage has already been done, and there no point in keeping them in the waiting room, before Johnny's dead. The doctor is saying that he's pretty much giving up on him. He says that they can go in, in such a negitive way that he is foreshadowing that Johnny's condition can't be very good.

2. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason" (p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
When Pony says that they needed the gang as much as he needed the gang he means that they are all family and when a family is seperated it affects not just the person being seperated, but the whole entire family. This means that it will not only affect Johnny but the rest of the gang also. Johnny needed love and affection, and got it from the gang, and the gang needed someone they could always talk to, and give that love and affection too.

3. What does Pony mean on p. 123 when he says, "we could get along without anyone but Johnny"?
When Pony says "we could get along without anyone but Johnny." he means that Johnny has a connection with every single member of the gang that they all don't have with eachother. They ALL need Johnny in their lives. If it were another member of the gang, they could get along, because Johnny is everyones kid brother/gang pet, you could say that they all love Johnny the most, and for him to be gone, it would make everyone sad.

4. If Darry didn't have Soda and Pony, why would he be a soc?
Darry could have ben a Soc if it wasn't for Soda and Pony because he had the whole "Soc" package. Aside from not a having alot of money, Darry was 'too smart to be a Greaser'. He was great at football, and could have gone on to university or collage. But becuase of the gang, and because of little money, he had to take care of Soda and Pony since their parents had died, he didn't go to collage and was a Greaser.

5. What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" on p.129?
When Cherry says that Bob wasn't just anyone, she meant that Bob didn't just only have a bad side, the side that the gang saw, he was also a really nice sweet, kind guy with a good side. Bob was special. He had a special somthig about him that made people like him and follow him. Bob had something that made him different than anyone else. He had a leadership quality.