4 consecutive innings. Pitching Each pitcher is allowed a maximum of 4 consecutive innings per game. Pitcher may not return to the mound after removed. One pitch in an inning constitutes an inning. How many innings can a pitcher pitch? In modern baseball, a starting pitcher is rarely expected to Read more…
What does Ponyboyws nightmare seem to foreshadow? His nightmare foreshadows death in the near future. How does Ponyboy’s premonition foreshadows another event? Discuss Ponyboy’s premonition and how it foreshadows another event. He feels like something big is about to happen. This foreshadows something that happens later in the chapter. How Read more…
The Pony Express was much faster and in anticipation of Civil War, there was an anticipated strategic advantage to communication speed. The Pony Express didn’t invent a new technology to disrupt postal delivery. It just changed the way things were done using two things already available – horses and riders. Read more…
Although the real Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill Cody) and Wild Bill Hickock claimed to have won their spurs as young Pony Express riders, there is no evidence that they ever worked for the company. Did Wild Bill Hickok ride on the Pony Express? Another rider for the Pony Express was Read more…
Johnny’s Letter is a letter in the copy of Gone With The Wind that Johnny asked the nurse in the hospital to give to Ponyboy. What does Pony find in Johnny’s copy of Gone with the Wind? Ponyboy looks at Johnny’s copy of Gone with the Wind. He finds a Read more…
Here, Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold, or innocent. Johnny now senses the uselessness of fighting; he knows that Ponyboy is better than the average hoodlum, and he wants Ponyboy to hold onto the golden qualities that set him apart from his companions. What did Johnny’s last words mean? Right Read more…
Ponyboy recites a poem he learned by Robert Frost called “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” about impermanence in nature, from flowers to sunrises. What does Ponyboy say the poem is about in his letter chapter 12? He picks up Gone with the Wind and a note from Johnny falls out. Johnny Read more…
Ponyboy is different from the other Greasers because: He doesn’t believe in fighting unless it is self defence. Unlike the other Greasers, he doesn’t fight out of hatred, or pride, or for fun, like Sodapop. Ponyboy knows that fighting does no good. Why does Ponyboy like to fight in the Read more…
Ponyboy asks her if she’ll visit Johnny in the hospital. She responds that she can’t because Johnny killed Bob. Incensed, Ponyboy accuses Cherry of being a traitor, but when she says how hard Bob’s death has been on her and describes Bob’s good qualities, Ponyboy asks for her forgiveness. What Read more…
What does Ponyboy learn about the Greasers and people in general? Ponyboy, after talking to Randy, realizes the Socs and the Greasers are all just guys. What does Ponyboy realize about the Socs in Chapter 7? Ponyboy feels reassured by his talk with Randy and realizes that Socs can be Read more…