Chapter 8 questions

1.  How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition? 

I think when the doctor says that it can't hurt, he's foreshadowing that Jhonny is in bad condition and doesn't have a good chance, so it wouldn't her for them to see him.

2.  "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang.  And for the same reason" (p.121).  What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason? 

I think he means that the gang needed Jhonny. Jhonny like Ponyboy has said there pet and they all got along with him. I think that Jhonny was a nice easy to get along with person that understood everyone that's why they all needed him.

 3.  What does Pony mean on p. 123 when he says, "we could get along without anyone but Johnny"? 

Ponyboy is saying that they could all go along with their lives just fine if Jhonny was the only friend they had.

4.  If Darry didn't have Soda and Pony, why would he be a soc? 

He would be a Soc because he was really smart, and strong and had a lot of money.

5.  What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" on p.129?

When she said this she said that Bob had another side to him when he wasn't drunk. She said that something about him almost made it seem like he was above the crowd and something that made people follow him.