TyBarner

The future for Sodapop was gruesome considering he is not going to be going to school anymore. Without attending school you are not to get into a commendable college. Without a good college he will not have a good job. In the long run when he is trying to get education it will be too late and then for the rest of his life will get into trouble with the wrong group of people. Then his friends would influence him to do things to send him to jail. At age sixteen the doors are opening to a bright future. These doors of opportunity become more obvious to you as you make certain choices; meaning that in a short span of time you will see how some of your choices have closed possible doors that you would have liked to experience. I do not think that the readers are desensitized when Johnny killed Bob because now there are video games and TV shows that have tons of blood and gory. Now some kids are immune to the killings and people getting beat up. In the book now they really do not really scare us anymore. A child watches TV for long periods of time, seeing murders and all type of blood and disturbing scenes in movies or TV shows. Also some kids are fascinated by the murders such as Johnny stabbing Bob in the back. []. Video games have abuse of drugs, with foul language, and also obscene gestures. When Johnny stabbed Bob in the back I think that Johnny did that because he was frightened and he didn’t know what to do besides just stabbing him. After what Johnny has went through when he was beat up in the ally he said it’s enough of me getting bullied or pushed around. Even when he was home he was getting abused and mistreated by his sickening parents. I think that Johnny should not be punished for Bob’s death. They had Ponyboy under water and Ponyboy was going to last much longer. Johnny just wanted Bob to stop.