[chapter 11]

Vocabulary
acquitted – to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty
The young girl who was framed was acquitted from the crime and justice was brought to the accurate criminal.

1. Q: Explain why Pony might rather have anyone's hate than their pity (p.162)?
Pony rather have someone’s hate than pity because when someone pity’s you it makes you feel inferior and lose you dignity to the cause. But when you are hated it makes you only stronger and makes you try to gain the other person respect.
2. Q: What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob's getting killed" (p.166)?
A: I think that it was part of a delusion. And that was the point, because over top of this huge mess and Johnny’s death, he’s a killer. Pony didn’t want to remember his buddy as a killer and this was just karma or a theory like that. But on the other hand I don’t think it was really Johnny acting out on Bob. It was the fear and paranoia of history repeating itself. I think Johnny was in a little bit of a trance because Johnny is the type of person who wouldn’t harm anyone. He was a genuine, endearing soul who was just like a puppy-dog who had been kicked around too much. So, it wasn’t really him who did the killing.