Comparing Ponyboy And Cherry Valance
PART ONE
1. Compare Ponyboy and Cherry Valance.
Ponyboy and Cherry Valance are quite similar in many ways; there are not many differences between them. Ponyboy and Cherry Valance are both dreamers that watch sunsets and dislike fighting, and when Cherry brought up that “It’s rough all over” Ponyboy thought about it and came to the conclusion that she was right. It seems like the only differences between them are their views on the Soc, Bob (Cherry sees the good in Bob, but Ponyboy does not) and that they are from different groups, Cherry being a Soc and Ponyboy being a Greaser.
2. Describe Ponyboy’s relationship with his brother, Darry. How did the relationship between Darry and Ponyboy change after Ponyboy ran away and after Johnny turned …show more content…
He and Ponyboy saved several lives when no one else would or could, and I would have thought that it was worth it too if I were Johnny. He wrote that he’d been thinking a lot about the poem that Ponyboy recited to him, and that he thought that he figured out what it meant. “…you’re gold when you’re a kid… When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. It’s just that when you get used to everything that it’s day.” I agree that when you’re a kid everything is new and good and “dawn”, and as you grow older and get used to everything dawn becomes day. Seeing new, seeing dawn, seeing sunsets, is seeing the good- and that was why Johnny told Ponyboy to tell Dally to look at a sunset, because he’d probably never seen one, he’s never seen the good, which is why Dally hates the world. Johnny also concluded that being a Greaser isn’t such a bad thing because you can still make yourself what you want to be. I agree with that- being born in a certain social class shouldn’t bother you because it should not stop you from being what you want to be. Lastly, Johnny told Ponyboy in his letter that there is still a lot of good in the world, and I agree with that too, because although it may seem that the world is full of only bad things, it’s really
1. Compare Ponyboy and Cherry Valance.
Ponyboy and Cherry Valance are quite similar in many ways; there are not many differences between them. Ponyboy and Cherry Valance are both dreamers that watch sunsets and dislike fighting, and when Cherry brought up that “It’s rough all over” Ponyboy thought about it and came to the conclusion that she was right. It seems like the only differences between them are their views on the Soc, Bob (Cherry sees the good in Bob, but Ponyboy does not) and that they are from different groups, Cherry being a Soc and Ponyboy being a Greaser.
2. Describe Ponyboy’s relationship with his brother, Darry. How did the relationship between Darry and Ponyboy change after Ponyboy ran away and after Johnny turned …show more content…
He and Ponyboy saved several lives when no one else would or could, and I would have thought that it was worth it too if I were Johnny. He wrote that he’d been thinking a lot about the poem that Ponyboy recited to him, and that he thought that he figured out what it meant. “…you’re gold when you’re a kid… When you’re a kid everything’s new, dawn. It’s just that when you get used to everything that it’s day.” I agree that when you’re a kid everything is new and good and “dawn”, and as you grow older and get used to everything dawn becomes day. Seeing new, seeing dawn, seeing sunsets, is seeing the good- and that was why Johnny told Ponyboy to tell Dally to look at a sunset, because he’d probably never seen one, he’s never seen the good, which is why Dally hates the world. Johnny also concluded that being a Greaser isn’t such a bad thing because you can still make yourself what you want to be. I agree with that- being born in a certain social class shouldn’t bother you because it should not stop you from being what you want to be. Lastly, Johnny told Ponyboy in his letter that there is still a lot of good in the world, and I agree with that too, because although it may seem that the world is full of only bad things, it’s really