Who is Bob Johnston? To fully appreciate the creative genius of legendary record producer Bob Johnston‚ read what musician Bob Dylan wrote in his autobiography‚ Chronicles‚ Volume One: “Bob Johnston had fire in his eyes. He had that thing that some people call ‘momentum.’ You could see it in his face and he shared that fire‚ that spirit. Columbia’s leading folk and country producer‚ he was born one hundred years too late. He should have been wearing a wide cape‚ a plumed hate‚ and riding with
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Socs. The main character Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a gang named the Greasers. The Greasers and Socials are mainly divided by their socioeconomic status. After Ponyboy and fellow gang member Johnny are jumped by a group of socials‚ resulting in one Soc being stabbed and killed by Johnny in self-defense‚ Johnny and Ponyboy go into hiding. After a week‚ a boy in their gang named Dally comes to the church they were hiding at and takes them out to Dairy Queen‚ but when they return to the church it’s on
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out in time before the church collapsed. Dally a witness to this great mess rescued him before anything got worse. We later learned that the men’s names were ponyboy and johnny. Johnny was the hero that the church collapsed on and Ponyboy is the hero who got out just in time These heroic men are not as innocent as they seem Johnny is wanted for murder because of a gang fight he is being tried as a minor. Ponyboy will be going to juvenile court for running away.
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from the movies. A car filled with socs followed him‚ they jumped him. He remembered that Johnny‚ his best bud‚ got jumped by the same socs. Darry‚ Ponyboy’s oldest brother was worried sick about him‚ finally ponyboy showed up. Darry hit him and Ponyboy ran away‚ found Johnny in the vacant lot‚ sleeping. A car hovered around them‚ five socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy was drowning the fountain‚ Johnny stabbed the soc and killed him. They went to Dally for help. Dally gave them a gun and said
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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
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Max starts his story as a ~23 year old Main Force Patrol officer. He lived with his wife Jessie and his child in an bleak and impoverished Australian civilization. Max is known to be the “top pursuit man” in the MFP. As MFP officers try to stop a psychotic man named Crawford Montazano (Nightrider he is also called) for killing an officer and stealing his vehicle‚ they chase Nightrider down and get in a high speed chase. This results in many crashes. One of the crashes involved a motorcycle cop named
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anything. Terry falling in love with his sister causing an issue with Johnny Friendly‚ being called a bum all the time‚ was a good fighter who took dives for money and realized he may have been something‚ the priest giving a powerful speech which affects Terry and the words “knock him out”‚ pushes Terry to tell him what he knows and pressuring him. The death of his brother made him snap and go after Johnny Friendly. Was told Johnny Friendly was laying money on him that he won’t get up from beating
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he helped Johnny and Ponyboy when they were in trouble‚ saved their lives‚ and died to help them. Dally was a hero to his friends‚ therefore‚ he died a hero. First‚ Dally was a hero because he helped Johnny and Ponyboy when they were
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for everybody else. Caring means feeling interested or concerned for yourself or others. In the male dominant world they live and work in‚ no woman’s care‚ kindness or nurturing aren’t present. Life on the docks‚ the longshoremen is revolved around Johnny friendly and the code ‘Dnd’. By obeying the code‚ you’ll be guaranteed safety and work could be an option. Charley and terry also obeyed the code Dnd but then finds themselves risking personal safety and security to fulfil their responsibility for
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refuge. How far would you say that Rooster’s Wood‚ by contrast‚ is a place full of danger‚ violence and cruelty?” Northrop Frye has argued that the ‘green world’ of comedy operates as a temporary place of freedom from a dangerous outside world. For Johnny Byron‚ his woodland kingdom represents liberty and release from the restrictions of an over-inhibited and conformist ‘real world’‚ but this lack of respect for civilisation does not come without a comeuppance. In some ways Rooster’s Wood is a fully
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