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How did Ponyboy change after the hearing?
After the hearing, Ponyboy becomes detached and depressed. His grades suffer, he loses his coordination, memory, and appetite, and he resumes fighting with Darry.
How has Ponyboy’s life changed from the beginning?
Ponyboy grows into more of an adult after talking with Cherry Valance and beginning to understand that everyone faces problems and people are not so different. By the end of the novel, after Ponyboy has witnessed the deaths of Bob Sheldon and Johnny, he has completely lost his innocence.
What happened to Ponyboy schoolwork memory and attitude about himself after the hearing?
The judge also knows that Pony is ill and delirious. What happens to Ponyboy’s schoolwork, memory, and attitude about himself after the hearing? What opportunity does his teacher give him to make up his problems in school? Pony becomes delirious, distracted, and his health suffers even more.
What happens at the hearing does it go like Ponyboy expected it to go?
The hearing with the judge wasn’t what Ponyboy had expected. Everyone except Pony was able to tell the judge what had happened that night; Pony is only questioned about his home life. The judge listens to everyone, acquits Pony, and closes the case.
What caused Ponyboy change?
What did ponyboy change his life? To change his life, Ponyboy decided to run away. He changed his mind because he was sleepy and freezing and he wanted to be home, safe in bed with Sodapop with his arm around him.
How is Ponyboy’s life different after he is acquitted of all charges in Bob’s death?
How is Ponyboy’s life different after he is acquitted of all charges in Bob’s death? He has to go to live in a boys’ home. He becomes obsessed with doing well in school. He refuses to disobey any rules.
Why was the court hearing so important for Ponyboy?
Answer: The court hearing was important because the court will decide whether Ponyboy and his borthers wuld be separated and put in a boys’ home. The possible decisions of the court were that Ponyboy was not charged for manslaughter or hiding. It was going to determined who Ponyboy’s life was going to be.
Why did Ponyboy say that Johnny was not dead?
Answer: I think that Ponyboy said that he had killed Bob and that Johnny was not dead because he feels guilty that Johnny had killed Bob and that he was dead because it was his fault that all of this had happened, so he tries to take the blame.
Why did Dally take Ponyboy to see Johnny after the Rumble?
Answer: The reasons that the various boys gave for fighting was for vengeance, pride, everyone else was fighting, and it was fun. 2. Why did Dally take Ponyboy to see Johnny after the rumble? Answer: Dally took Ponyboy to see Johnny after the rumble because Johnny was dying.
Who is the antagonist in the book Ponyboy?
If Ponyboy is the protagonist, and therefore considered the “good guy,” there isn’t an exact antagonist who goes against Ponyboy. If there were to be an antagonist, it would probably be society because Ponyboy wants to improve his life, but he’s stuck because of how society thinks of him because he is a greaser.