Johnny's Monologue

Would you ever want to hear that two of your really good friends have just passed away? I know I wouldn’t. Dally, don’t be the one, out of the whole gang, to take your life. The gang would be torn apart if something like this were to happen. You wouldn’t want this to happen, right Dally? If you were to end up like Johnny, every single one of us would be grieving you two for the rest of our lives. Even though I think that you’re “tougher than the rest of us--- tougher, colder, meaner,” it doesn’t mean that I don’t like you (Hinton 10). The whole gang cares about you. Think of what Johnny would have wanted. If you were to end your life, the same day that Johnny died, it will be way too much for me and the gang to handle. I would most likely
If you were to apply this quality to everyone, greasers and Socs alike, you can still change into a good guy, forgetting about your checkered past. Giving up your bad lifestyle, will certainly make the world a better place, something that Johnny would’ve wanted. The whole gang, especially me, thinks that you’re a really tuff guy, who is the meanest and the coldest out of all of us. Please, if one of us is gone, don’t stop caring about yourself. You are important to the way we roll as a gang. Taking your life will most likely leave us all tumbling down. Remember: there is always room for change.

We all know that you loved Johnny like a little brother, so I get that you are very upset now that he died. Johnny respected you in a way that you couldn’t understand. In fact, I “never heard Johnny talk back to anyone, much less his hero,” which was you, by the way (Hinton 23). You were his hero, Dally, even though you had a really bad reputation, he still admired you. The Dally that I know, would live for Johnny and he would move on with his life, not end it in a way that would make Johnny upset with you. When you finally make your decision, just think about Johnny and how he would respond to all of