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Friendship- I thought that friendship was the right word to describe chapters 10 and 11. I thought this because the word friendship depicts both of these chapters. In chapters 10 and 11 Ponyboy is getting recovered from his sickness when he got kicked in the head, in the rumble. He gets kicked hard by one of the Socs and he sleeps for about 1 week and even more a day after the rumble. In these two chapters, Ponyboy develops and evolves to become closer to his community around him and also outside of his community. He even gets to become better friends with Randy and some other Socs. They learn to forgive Ponyboy and the greasers after the rumble and grow into a stronger friendship with them. Ponyboy gets to become closer friends with all the gang, Sodapop and especially Dally too. He even becomes better friends with Johnny and Dally after they already die. Ponyboy remembers all the good times they had together even though he is trying hard to forget them; they will always be a part of his life. This chapter is all about friendship and Poyboy learning to become closer to the people around him because of all his mistakes he had learned from.

Fear- I think that Chapters 9 and 10 are described mostly by the word fear. Why? I think this because in chapters 9 and 10 the gang of greasers and even the Socs are both fearful of the rumble they are going to have. Also Ponyboy and Dally are fearful about what will happen to Johnny because they and the greasers all know that he is not doing well and he might die. Once the day of the rumble comes everyone is all pumped up and excited but I knew that they were actually very fearful because they knew that something bad might happen and that people could get hurt badly. I thought that much fear was shown by Dally right before the fight because he was worried about Ponyboy getting hurt because he had still not recovered fully and was not in a good condition to fight. Fear is also shown a lot when Dally goes to the fight and takes Ponyboy to the hospital quickly to see Johnny. Dally was very fearful because he knew Johnny was about to die. He wanted Ponyboy to see Johnny one last time but was very frightened and fearful that Johnny would die right then and there. Also Ponyboy and the crew were full of fear when they went to help Dally at the park and found him dead already and were too late to save him. I thought that Ponyboy was also fearful when he was depressed about Johnny and Dally dying and was scared something bad was going to happen again. I think that these two chapters were all about the gang just being scared about Dally and Johnny dying and being scared that something else even worse would happen to them and their family of brothers. 

Friendship-I think that the word friendship describes chapters seven and eight perfectly. In chapter seven the gang grows a bigger friendship with each other. The greasers spend more time with each other when they all go visit Johnny. They evolve into more of a family and evolve to create a great friendship. Many of the greasers including Johnny grow to become closer together. They are all like brothers. I especially noticed that Ponyboy and Johnny become very close and start to open up to each other. They start to tell each other more about themselves and they become very close friend. They sacrifice their lives even for each other and they become like family. They start to care for each other more and do favors for one another. In chapter 8 the greasers back up Johnny while he is sick and they make sure he’s safe. They even follow him and do favors for him like buys him things and when his mom wants to visit him Pony and Two-Bit don’t let her in. Friendship explains these chapters because they are all about the gang of greasers evolving in their friendship rapidly and becoming more of a family of brothers.

 Heroism-I see heroism a lot in chapters 5 and 6 because Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally save many little kids from dying. I see it a bit in chapter 5 but more in chapter 6. In chapter 5 Dally is kind of a hero for Pony and Johnny when he comes and feeds them and helps them to get themselves back in order. Also he helps them a lot by giving them supplies and a place to hide out.  Also Johnny is a big hero when he says he will turn himself in so that Ponyboy did not have to suffer for him killing Bob, the Soc. The most heroism is displayed in chapter 6 the most. It is because Pony, Johnny, and Dally all risk their lives saving the kids and people for this because they were injured badly and got hurt to save the children. I think that the three boys thought that they owed it to save the children because it was their fault the church was on fire. They were very heroic doing this and many people in town saw them as famous heroes after they were in the paper and had to go to the hospital. They get recognized a lot and that is what heroes get. A hero is someone who risked thing to save others or other things. I think that is exactly what this chapter described the greasers as.