Rough All Over Quotes

When Cherry said, “ Things are rough all over”, she meant that the not only the greasers or socs have problems as a gang, but people in general have their own problems. Pony boy “But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever, Johnny never walked by himself after that.” (Hinton 34) This quote from the book said by pony boy, helps us understand that things are rough all over by introducing Johnny saying that he was terrified after one incident. This quote explains that things are rough all over as well as Johnny was also in a situation that was intense and he was scared because of the beating that happened, because of that he has always carried a switchblade in the back of his pocket in case something like a beating happened again. That is an example of “rough all over” because this shows that the greasers also have problems. When Johnny was younger he used to be physically and …show more content…
The quote also shows that the stories he is telling johnny, is that his friends would always take the blame for what he had did and then bob would never get punished so, then he would never learn from his mistakes because he would always be safe and not in trouble. Another quote from the book that argues it's rough all around is, “how nice it was to sit with a girl without having to listen to her swear or to beat her off with a club” (35) This shows that ponyboy actually has a break of being busy or going through a fight. Ponyboy, in a while, has time to sit with his friends and watch a movie. Also he doesn't have to worry about anything happening during that time, incase something rough or intense happens between two gangs. In conclusion, both the greasers and the socs have their own problems and rough times and in the book, cherry told stories about rough times he had with him and his