![]() If you don’t have anything, you end up like Dallas…and I don’t mean dead, either. If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. A reckless, hot-tempered boy, cocky and scared stiff at the same time.” What was he like? … I looked at Bob’s picture and I could begin to see the person we had killed. “I had never given Bob much thought-I hadn’t had time to think. Dally knows the hardships of prison life and wishes to rescue Johnny from that. While Johnny thinks Dally is mean and dishonest, his only intention is to save Johnny from leading the kind of life he has led. I don’t want that to happen to you like it happened to me…”ĭally says this to Johnny after Johnny insists that they ride back to Tulsa to confess their crime. This quote documents the moment after which the lives of many of the characters of the story drastically change. This gives us an idea that the book is being written in an anecdotal model by the protagonist, Ponyboy. These words spoken by Ponyboy and foretell the disaster that is going to fall upon the group. Then maybe I’ll be cooled off enough to go home.” ![]() These words are Johnny’s reminder to Ponyboy to stay sensitive and tender and not let the world around him harden him. Johnny admired Ponyboy’s sensitivity even though Greasers were expected to be unemotional. These are Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy and are a testament to their friendship.
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