I found a quote that would better explain the development of the story. It also shows how it is crucial to the plot and characters. The plot is when two kids got into a fight. It ended up in to something more than just that, the end result was a kid dying. In chapter nine ‘’Stay gold Pony boy Stay gold’’ Johnny said to the narrator. He was referring to when he recited it to Robert. This was when the Pony Boy was sitting . Johnny wants harm to people in the gang to stop. He wanted to be a role model. In the poem Johnny told Robert Frost ‘’Nothing gold will last’’. This means . Johnny wants Ponyboy to remain gold. This was crucial to the characters and plot because Johnny was now having the feeling that fighting was useless and he wanted to
