school weekends and summer days (randys blog)

The Outsiders Chapters 7 and 8

In these two chapters 7 and 8 Ponyboy was getting asked a lot of questions at the hospital from like reporters and other people too. Dally got third degree burns  on his arm. Johnny has a broken back. If Johnny would make it through then he would be cripple for the rest of his life. The next mourning Ponyboy was reading the newspaper and it was saying stuff like it had not been for Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny those kids would have burned to death. Like all good stuff until the end it said that Johnny and Ponyboy might have to go to a boy’s home. Then Ponyboy said that he had a nightmare about there parents funeral and that Soda was dead to the world.

Then Darry went to work. Two-Bit and Ponyboy went for a walk to Tasty Freeze to get some cokes. While they were there Randy came in his blue mustang. Then Randy wanted to talk to Ponyboy. They went in Randy’s car to talk. They talked about how Ponyboy saved those kids and that the Randy would have just let the burn. Randy said that he was not going to go the rumble. Then they went to the hospital to see Johnny and Dally. Then Johnny’s mom came to the hospital and Johnny said that he does not want to see her. Then Ponyboy and Two-Bit took a bus to go home. Then they saw Cherry on there way home. Ponyboy had stopped and talked to her.

My favourite events of those two chapters are when Ponyboy fells really good about himself when he reads the paper about when he saved those kids. I like that part because he does not feel good about himself a lot. Also when Randy came to the Tasty Freeze to talk to Ponyboy about the rumble because now he knows that all Socs are not all bad.  Johnny finally sticks up for himself. He stuck up for him self when he said that he did not want to see his mom. I like that part because he is finally sticking up for himself.

In these two chapters there is a lot of fear. I think most of the fear is because they might be a bit afraid of the rumble because they do not know what is really going to happen. If somebody like brought a gun to the rumble or a knife because then if they did someone might get really hurt or even killed. If I was there I would just leave town or pretend to be sick, just like Randy did. Also Randy is really scared to of what might happen. Also all the greasers are afraid that Johnny for might not make it. They are so afraid if he does not make it because they said that they would not be able to go on with out him. They said that they needed him to sty together. If Johnny does not make it through then they do not know what they are going to do. Also Johnny is very afraid too because before he did not care if he would die. But now that he is close to dieing he wishes that he could life long now. He wants to live long because he never got tot do much in his life like he only went out of town once in his life. There sure is a lot more that he wants in his life. That is mostly all the fear in this two chapters.