In Stevie Wonder’s song, Stay Gold, it expresses how everything you see will not last forever. For instance, there was a line that defines the aspect of the song: “You thought that all would last forever but like weather, nothing can ever… be in time to stay gold”. It was a reference to Chapter 9 because it was desired to illustrate the correspondence between Ponyboy and Johnny. In other words, Johnny and Ponyboy couldn’t be together for long since there wasn’t anything that Johnny could do except leaving his life in ruins. Johnny didn't have anybody to support him except Pony and Dally. For instance, his parents and the things he had done caused him to hate his life.
