Ponyboys Monologue

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If you had to choose a BFF, a frenemy, and a person to eliminate from the Outsiders who would you choose? Ponyboy is nice and friendly, but he doesn’t know when to not fight. Sodapop is funny, kind, and annoying sometimes. Darry is strong, though that is really his only good thing. Randy, Johnny, and Dallas are characters that stand out. My BFF would be Johnny because he's nice in a quiet way. That means he won’t interrupt and mostly won’t say mean things to people. “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’ ‘Yeah.’ His voice quavered slightly. ‘I had to. They were drowning you. They might have killed you.” (Hinton, 57) Johnny is also loyal because he killed Bob to save Ponyboy’s life. The frenemy would be Randy because he's nice, but also a

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