The Outsiders: Chapter 10

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

indignantly p.159: in an indignant manner; being angry or upset. (I screamed at my father indignantly because I couldn't go to the movies & mall with my friends.)

1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself finally works because this is one of the problems he really doesn't want to know about or remember so Ponyboy doesn't want to realize that Johnny & Dally are both dead because he still misses them.

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 person Dally ever loved truely and he was like a little brother. But when Johnny died, Dally wouldn't handle it also because he needed Johnny alot.

3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
Dally would have wanted to die because Johnny was the only thing or person that he cared about and for and once Johnny left, he had nothing else to stay or live for.