In these chapters the book begins to wind down. The entirety of chapter 11 is Pony talking with Randy (Bob’s friend). In chapter 12 Pony goes to court, deals with greasers, and basically tries to get his life back. He’s assigned a 5 or more page story to be written. When Pony and Darry argue one night, putting Soda in the middle of it, he storms out of the house. They have a brotherly moment and calm down a little. Looking for reading material, Pony finally decides to read the copy of Gone with the Wind that Johnny left for him. In it he finds a note that helps him understand; to cope with his loss. He decides to write his essay on the recent events in his life.

  I’d like to point out that this isn’t a happy ending. We don’t know if Darry and his brothers get to stay together, we don’t learn if he salvages his marks, and there may be more trouble down the road with the Socs and the Greasers. Considering the plot of this novel, this is as close to a happy ending you’ll get.

  These two chapters are about… survival. Under a lot of emotional, physical, and mental stress Pony has sort of shut down in order to survive. He ignores the facts and becomes ignorant to Johnny’s death and the murder he [Johnny] commited.  He survived the flaming church, almost drowning, and running from the law, but now he’s surviving in a  different sense. He’s surviving mentally. His sense are kind of dulled now, to, to deal with all of this.

  “Two-Bit was inside talking to some girls when a car drove up and three Socs got out. I just sat there and looked at them and took another swallow of the Pepsi. I wasn’t scared. It was the oddest fealing in the world. I didn’t feel anything- scared, mad, or anything. Just zero”.

  It’s not just Pony either. When Dally went down, he took Two-Bit’s switchblade with him. Two-Bit realizes this, and he also realizes it’s not just the switchblade he is troubled about. He wishes it was, though. Soda is dealing with losing his girlfriend, Sandy, whom he wanted to marry. Darry has to deal with Ponys sickness on top of the rest of his workload.

  Well, I finally finished the lot of the blog posts. Yay me! To celebrate, I present you with a long overdue .gif file.

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