Something that makes me learn something. That he wants to marry Sandy. Later that night, Ponyboy is reading Great Expectations for school, and relates to Pip, the main character. In Chapter 1, Ponyboy mentions that he has to read the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for his English class.

Why or why not?

“You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you ha’ got.” I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong.

When he sees Satis House, he longs to be a wealthy gentleman; when he thinks of his moral shortcomings, he longs to be good; when he realizes that he cannot read, he longs to learn how.

While they're with Johnny, though, their feelings of triumph quickly fade—Johnny dies. Ponyboy compares himself to Pip in Dickens's novel Great Expectations because, like Pip, he is born into low social standing, but he wants to grow up to be more refined.

He compares the characters in the story to the greasers.

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He wonders if other girls act the same. He is a great listener and seems have a more developed perspective than Ponyboy does for the majority of the novel. Dallas runs off, and Pony wanders the streets in a daze until a kind man offers him a ride and takes him home. He expresses disdain for his former friends and loved ones, especially Joe, but he continues to pine after Estella. What is the conflict between Darry and Ponyboy?

He furthers his education by studying with the tutor Matthew Pocket, Herbert’s father. Back at home, Pony and the rest of the gang learn that Dallas has robbed a grocery store, that the cops are chasing him, and that he wants the gang to meet him at the vacant lot. In the novel's third chapter Pip, in the mist, sees accusers in the phantom finger-post and the clerical ox, while in the next chapter he sees how remarks about the general wickedness of youth are directed at him; while keenly aware that, as yet, his sister and Pumblechook have no reason to accuse him of vice, he has committed a crime which must at any moment be discovered. What's more, we find out that Ponyboy isn't actually delusional (or so he says) and he begins recover from the recent traumas.

While Ponyboy is reading the novel Great Expectations, what comparison does he make and why? Great Expectations (Lit2Go Edition).

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What is pre-reading? It does not matter the author, or if the content is happy or good, to make it a good book. Herbert himself helps Pip learn how to act like a gentleman. Ponyboy says he and Johnny will go to the movies, then starts to ponder the type of girls the Greasers end up with.
When he and Darry realize what their renewed fighting is doing to Sodapop, Pony understands that he does have the power to help make this a happy or an unhappy home. I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread ravenously.

He isn't sent to a boys' home, or brought up on charges.

From the text: I was still thinking about it while I was doing my homework that night. I search for the content. What secret does Soda share with Ponyboy that night? He sees a great deal of hope for the future in Ponyboy, but understands that the negativity that surrounds them has the ability to make him jaded.