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Summary. Analysis. Ponyboy awakens in the abandoned church. For a moment, he imagines he's at home spending a typical Saturday morning with his brothers. When he becomes fully alert, he sees a note from Johnny, who's gone out for supplies. Ponyboy's waking dreams of being at home indicate that the three brothers do love and care for each other ...
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The park is deserted. As Johnny and Ponyboy walk and talk,...
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Waking up in a church with the dull realization that Johnny's killing of Bob and the flight from the law really did happen, Ponyboy daydreams about being with Darry and Soda and how wonderful life was at home. Johnny had gone for supplies and returned with food, cigarettes, soap, peroxide, a deck of playing cards, and the book Gone with the Wind.
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The next morning, Ponyboy wakes in the church and finds a note from Johnny saying that he has gone into town to get supplies. When Johnny returns, he brings a week’s supply of baloney and cigarettes, and a paperback copy of Gone with the Wind,which he wants Ponyboy to read to him. Ponyboy makes a wisecrack and Johnny tells him he is becoming more l...
Johnny shocks Dally by telling him he wants to go back home and confess to his crime. Dally tries to change Johnny’s mind, telling him he never wants to see Johnny hardened the way prison would harden him. Johnny is adamant and points out that his own parents would not care what happens to him, but Ponyboy’s brothers care about him and want to see ...
The Robert Frost poem Ponyboy recites to Johnny in Chapter 5, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” speaks of innocence by using metaphors from nature. The poem comes to symbolize the innocence of Johnny and Ponyboy. Not all of the greasers possess this innocence, and they long for Johnny and Ponyboy to retain theirs. The poem also suggests the impermanence of ...
Share Cite. This chapter takes place over 5 days. There are several key events, but the top five I would list are as follows-. Ponyboy wakes up alone in the church as Johnny goes to buy supplies ...
Summary. Ponyboy wakes up in the abandoned church, and at first thinks he has dreamed everything that has happened. He pretends for a moment that he is back home, and it is a usual weekend morning. When he gives up pretending, he realizes that Johnny is gone, and has left a note in the dust on the floor that he's gone to get supplies.
- S. E. Hinton
Chapter 5 Summary. When Ponyboy wakes up, he keeps his eyes closed and tries to pretend he is still back at home with his brothers. After a while, he faces reality and opens his eyes. The church ...
The Outsiders Chapter 5 Summary. Back. More. When Ponyboy wakes up that afternoon, he's disoriented—he isn't quite sure where he is. It's all been a dream, he tries to make himself believe. He pretends he's at home, with Darry cooking in the kitchen and Soda tickling him. But he knows he's sleeping on the floor of the church in Windrixville.
