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Where do Johnny and Ponyboy end up sleeping that night what made Johnny so sleepy?
Windrixville
He instructs them to take a train to Windrixville, where they can hide in an abandoned church. Ponyboy and Johnny get on a train, and Ponyboy goes to sleep. When they get to Windrixville, they hop off the train and find the church, where they collapse into exhausted sleep.
Why does Johnny get upset when Ponyboy talked about the previous night?
Johnny gets upset and tells Pony not to talk about last night—the night he killed a man. He has to start dealing with the guilt. He tells Pony it was an accident and then starts walking back and forth across the room, panicking. Pony is in tears and begins to panic too.
What are two things Johnny and Ponyboy do to pass the time while they are hiding?
In an effort to blend in and disguise their appearances, Johnny cuts and bleaches Ponyboy’s hair; Ponyboy in turn cuts Johnny’s hair. Following Dally’s orders, they stay inside the church and pass the time playing poker and reading aloud from Gone with the Wind.
What did Johnny say to Ponyboy at the end?
Johnny is trying to tell Ponyboy to stay innocent and pure. He knows that Ponyboy is smart and has great potential to do something beyond the gang life. Johnny doesn’t want Ponyboy’s only experience at being gold to be now.
What do Ponyboy and Johnny do in the Outsiders?
Over the next four or five days, Ponyboy and Johnny kill time by playing cards and reading Gone with the Wind. Johnny becomes interested in the idea of gallant southern gentlemen, and says he thinks that Dally is most like them.
Why did Ponyboy run away when Darry slapped him?
As a result of frustration and fear for Pony’s safety, Darry had slapped him when he returned home well after curfew. This slap did make Pony run away, thus in Ponyboy’s mind starting this whole nightmare: “I bet Darry’s sorry he ever hit me.”
How does Ponyboy feel about losing his hair?
Ponyboy is horrified, since he is proud of his hair. After it’s all done, Ponyboy looks at himself in the mirror and thinks that he looks “younger and scareder,” not at all like himself. Then Johnny washes the grease out of his hair, and Ponyboy cuts it off. Ponyboy sulks about losing his hair, but Johnny is optimistic, saying “It’s just hair.”