Chapter 6 Questions
Bewildered- cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused
Do you think Dally's parents have influenced the way he is; his personality? Explain.
I think that Dally's parents have influenced him an his personality because when a kids parents don't care about their kid, they kid usually tends to do things to make their parents notice them. They could be doing something good, but most of the time the kids do something bad, so their parents would pay even more attention to them.
Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
Dally doesn't want Johnny to turn himself in because Dally and Johnny have sort of a close bond. Johnny thinks that he will be let off easy because he doesn't have a police record, an that the murder was in self - defense. Dally doesn't agree because he has been to jail before, and he knows that because they are Greasers, they will definitely not get off easy.
What "other side" of Dallas is revealed in this chapter?
Dally looked angry when he was driving them, and Pony thought that it was because he and Johnny should have turned themselves in earlier an save Dally the trouble. But the Dally says in a different kind of voice that he doesn't want to see Johnny toughened up or hardened in jail.
What's your own definitionof a hero? Do the three boys prove themselves to be heroes, according to your definition? Explain
In my opinion a hero is a person who is willing to sacrifice themselves without hesitation, or a person who is nice and caring. I think that these three boys prove themselves to be heroes because they went inside a burning building to rescue a bunch of children that they didn't even know. They may have gotten hurt in the process, but that doesn't make them any less of a hero than they actually are.
Why do you think Johnny wasn't scared, despite the obvious danger
I think that Johnny wasn't scared because he would be saving a whole bunch of children's lives. This didn't scare him because this wasn't like his fear of the Socs, where he is getting beat up by other people, but he his saving the lives of other people.