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Ponyboy And Johnny Chapter 1 Summary
Chapters 1- Previously being beat up by Socs, Johnny is paranoid and carries a 6 switch blade with him. When the Socs were about to beat up Ponyboy and Johnny as well as other greasers came to the scene to help fight them. Johnny instantly fell to the back of the crowed when he saw that one of the Socs had three rings on. Remembering that that the Soc that badly beat him up had three rings, Johnny was filled with fear. After Johnny was beat up, the gang has been watching and always being with Johnny to protect him.
Chapter 2- In chapter two, Johnny is with Dally and Ponyboy to the drive in movies. But in this chapter, Johnny character I developing and kind of cluing into the next chapters. Dally is harassing a Socs named Cherry and Johnny


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