The Outsiders Chapter 9 -10 

Chapter 9

  • Darry cooked baked chicken, corn, and potatoes
  • Pony gets ready for the rumble by taking 5 aspirins
  • Soda started shaving at 15, while Darry began at 13
  • You don’t wear jackets during a rumble, so you don’t mess with your swinging ability
  • While Dally, Soda, Steve, and Pony have long hair, Darry has short hair
  • Soda fought for fun, Steve fought for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity
  • All the boys know gymnastics because Darry took a course at the YMCA
  • However, Ponyboy believes fighting is only suitable for self-defense
  • Curly Shephard is Tim Shephard’s brother, he’s the same age as Pony, and they got caught trying to burn wholes in each other with cigarettes
  • Curly Shephard is in jail
  • Pony thought he and especially Darry was not going to stay hoods their entire life
  • Other than the greasers, the two other parties at the rumble were Tim Shephard and his gang and the Brumly boys
  • There are 22 socs and 20 greasers
  • The difference between the greasers and the other gangs is that they have a set leader, while the greasers are all their own
  • Pony was the youngest person at the rumble
  • Tim Shephard reminds Pony of an alley cat
  • Darry was the first person to step up to fight, and the volunteer to fight him was Paul Holden
  • Paul Holden was one of Darry’s old friends (he played halfback)
  • Pony is reminded of Jack London’s book during the rumble
  • Paul took the first punch
  • Dally came at the perfect moment to the rumble
  • The greasers won the rumble since the Socs left first
  • After the fight, Pony and Dally went to see Johnny
  • A policeman caught up to them, but Pony acted sick to get out of the situation
  • When Pony and Dally told Johnny they won, he told them: “Useless, fighting is no good“
  • Johnny was the only thing Dally truly loved
  • Johnny’s eyes glow with pride when Dally says that he is proud of him
  • Johnny’s final words (to Pony) were: “Stay gold”
  • Pony described Johnny’s dead body as a candle with the flame gone

Chapter 10

  • Pony convinces himself that Johnny is not dead
  • Because of the fight, Ponyboy had a minor concussion
  • Pony has to walk home because Dally took the car
  • Pony’s head was bleeding from the rumble
  • A random man finds him and drives him home
  • When he arrives home, there was no party because everyone was in agony
  • However, Dally calls them and said he robbed a grocery store
  • Dally ran to the vacant lot, where the gang met him
  • Dally raised his gun (bluffing), but the cops shot him
  • Pony believes Dally wanted to be dead, and Dally always gets what he wants
  • While Dally died young and desperate, he died gallant.
  • Darry told Pony that he was in the hospital due to exhaustion, shock, and a minor concussion
  • Pony fell asleep on Saturday and woke up on Tuesday
  • Darry told Pony he was in the hospital and was asking for mom, dad, him, and Soda a lot
  • Pony feels bad because he believes he never called out for Darry
  • Johnny left Pony “Gone with the wind“
  • In the book southern men died gallantly, representing Dally’s death
  • Because of everything that happened Pony missed a lot of school and track
  • Soda snuggles up on the couch with him, and they fall asleep

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