Why Do You Think The Judge’S Line Of Questioning Is So Easy On Ponyboy?

I think the Judge is so easy on Ponyboy because of Pony’s situation and how hard his life is. He is acquitted because the Judge does not want to further question him.

What happens to Ponyboy’s schoolwork memory and attitude about himself after the hearing?

What happens to Ponyboy’s schoolwork, memory, and attitude about himself after the hearing? What opportunity does his teacher give him to make up for his problems in school? He is so distracted, and so much has happened in his life that he can’t concentrate on school, no matter how he feels about it.

Why do you think the judge didn’t ask Ponyboy about Bob’s death?

Why do you think the judge didn’t ask Ponyboy about Bob’s death? He didn’t because the judge spoke to the doctor. Dall was always in trouble with the police so the judge might have found Pony guilty by association.

What happens to Ponyboy at court?

The judge asks Ponyboy a few gentle questions about his home life and then acquits him of all wrongdoing and allows him to return home with his brothers. After the hearing, Ponyboy becomes detached and depressed. His grades suffer, he loses his coordination, memory, and appetite, and he resumes fighting with Darry.

What is the only thing the judge asks Ponyboy?

The hearing with the judge wasn’t what Ponyboy had expected. Everyone except Pony was able to tell the judge what had happened that night; Pony is only questioned about his home life. The judge listens to everyone, acquits Pony, and closes the case.

What does Ponyboy realize at the end of the book?

Ponyboy realizes that he cannot become wholly naïve or wholly tough. He cannot stop being a greaser in order to retain his innocence or sacrifice his ideals in order to become a toughened gangster.

What was the final result of the case after the judge questioned Ponyboy?

The court hearing ended after the judge announced that Ponyboy was acquitted. The case was closed because Ponyboy was cleared of all charges and allowed to return home with his brothers.

Why did Ponyboy take the blame for Bob’s death?

Pony may be thinking that he is equally guilty of killing Bob because he was at the scene. Legally, he could be held partially responsible because he aided and abetted a known criminal when he and Johnny fled the law. Or he may consider himself guilty simply because he is a greaser.

Who is responsible for Bob death in the outsiders?

Johnny tells Ponyboy that he (Johnny) killed Bob because the Socs were going to drown Ponyboy and beat up Johnny.

What happens after Johnny kills Bob?

When he stabbed Bob, all Bob’s friends ran away. Johnny and Pony decide to run away. They think Dallas will be able to help them somehow. They go over to Buck Merrill’s to look for Dally.

Who does Ponyboy love most?

4. Who does Ponyboy love the most out of anyone? Soda. 5.

Who knocked out Ponyboy?

Johnny pushes Ponyboy out of the window, and then Ponyboy hears Johnny scream. Ponyboy starts to go back in for Johnny, but Dally clubs him across the back and knocks him out. When Ponyboy wakes, he is in an ambulance, accompanied by one of the schoolteachers, Jerry Wood.

What did Ponyboy do in the end?

In his final essay for English class, Ponyboy writes about his own life because he wants to share his story of struggle and resilience.

What does the judge ask pony at hearing?

What does the judge ask Ponyboy? If he killed Bob.

How did the judge know that Ponyboy was nervous?

How did the judge know that PonyBoy was nervous at the hearing? He was bitting his fingers. Which was a conflict faced by PonyBoy? Being jumped by the Socs.

What is the point of approaching the judge?

Approach refers to moving toward the bench, a witness, or the jury box in court. An attorney may approach the bench in order to have a conversation with the judge and opposing counsel off the record and/or out of the jury’s earshot.

What are Johnny’s last words?

What do Johnny’s last words mean? Right before he dies in the hospital, Johnny says “Stay gold, Ponyboy.” Ponyboy cannot figure out what Johnny means until he reads the note Johnny left. Johnny writes that “stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem Ponyboy shared when they were hiding at the church.

What were Johnny’s last words Ponyboy?

Johnny is dying and is not impressed that the greasers won the rumble: “Useless . . . fighting’s no good.” He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny’s last words are “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”

Is there a happy ending in The Outsiders?

Ponyboy tells a tragic tale—a tale of violence, of poverty, and of young men dying in the streets. But, luckily, The Outsiders manages to end on a happy note, with most of Ponyboy’s major problems resolved.

Why was Ponyboy worried about the judge’s decision at the hearing?

Ponyboy’s life was still troubled after the court hearing because he was still mixed up with what had happened and the things that he had gone through changed his life.

What does Ponyboy realize at the end of the chapter?

The most important revelation in this chapter is Ponyboy’s redefinition of his family. From talking with both Dally and Johnny, Ponyboy realizes how lucky he is to have two brothers — not just gang-member brothers, but two real brothers.