Chapters 10-12 (The Outsiders)

CHAPTER 10
Gallant means brave. Just because you're gallant doesn't mean you're a hero because being a hero means being selfless. You don't have to be selfless to be gallant. Dally was gallant because he urged the police to shoot him by pulling out an unloaded gun. These actions don't make him a hero because he wanted his life to be over because he couldn't handle Johnny being dead. To be a hero, Dally would of had to conquer his feelings and continue to take care of his 'gang'.

CHAPTER 11
Pony's recovery wasn't going too well. Although he's no longer sick, he believes that he killed that Soc and that Johnny isn't dead. He's kind of messed up in the head at this moment. Randy came to visit Ponyboy. That was important because Randy's a Soc. As of right now, Pony and Darry have a pretty good relationship going on right now. They're getting along and Pony can see that Darry cares for him a lot.

CHAPTER 12
Pony got to stay with his brothers after the hearing. I agree with the outcome because Pony needs his brothers and his brothers need him in order to live a normal life. I learned that the purpose of the book is to explain the differences in social groups and to tell people not to judge others so quickly. The entire book was part of Pony's homework assignment, so the entire book was just Pony writing everything down like they happened for school.

REACTION TO READING
I liked the book overall. It was interesting and action-packed. I liked how Pony, Johnny, and Dally turned out to be unlikely heroes. I thought it was nice how Pony and Darry agreed to stop fighting for Soda. I also liked how the Greasers were all a big family and took care of each other.

I didn't like that Johnny died or how he died. It was too quick and meaningless. There should of been more emotion during his death. The author could have included a little funeral that the Greasers put together for him, or something like that. I also didn't like that Dally died. Dally was supposed to be the tough one that never let feelings in. Instead, he got an overdose of feelings and offed himself. That bugged me a lot.

Other than that, the book was awesome. The quality was what I expected from someone who wrote it while they were still in high school. The content was better than I expected, so I give the book a four out of five. Some parts could have been better and some grammar mistakes could have been fixed. Otherwise, this book was perfection.