chapTer 6 ;]

VOcab.
bewildered: completly confessed, unaware, or puzzled.

As the dictating teacher told the class to work on their geography assignment from last Tuesday, Katie looked up from her book with a bewildered expression on her blank face.

Q1: Do you think that Dally's parents have influenced the way he is; his personality?
A1:
Yes, I do think that Dally's parents have influenced his personality. I think this because him not having his parents around, made it hard for him to deal with things, and he never really learned right from wrong. He had to fend for himself, therefore making him hard and though all the time. His parents didn't care about him, so that made it hard for him to care about anything else. This attitude made him get in trouble with the law, relationships and school.

Q2: Why doesn't dally want Johnny to turn himself in?
A2:
Dally doesn't want Johnny to turn himself in because he didn't want Johnny to get hurt. Dally has experience in this type of situation. Being in jail can be very hard and for someone as sensitive as Johnny, it might affect him for the rest of his life. Dally says that you get "hardened" in jail. you have to become tougher to survive and adapt. Dally doesn't want jail to change him, like it did to himself. When Dally said this, he meant it. Never before had he ever opened up to anyone about his time in jail and for him to pore his heart out like that, he meant it. Dally loved Johnny too much to have him go through all that hardship.

Q3: What "other side" of Dallas is revealed in this chapter?
A3:
The other side of Dally that is revealed in this chapter is the more sensitive and heartful side. Dally comes off as this though person who doesn't care and can handel anything. When he talks to Johnny and Pony about his time in jail and what it does to you, his softer-side comes out. We learn that Dally isn't just dirt and nails, hes an actual human being with emotions and feelings. This was shocking for Johnny and Pony because they've only ever seen the tough side of Johnny.

Q4: What's your own definition of a hero? Do the three boys prove themselves to be heroes, according to your definition? Explain.
Q4:
My definition of a hero: Someone who risks their own life to try and save someone elses, putting others before themselves, brave, fearless, noble, clever. Someone who doesn't take the time to sort of the pros and cons, they know what the right thing to do is, and they do it.

I think that Pony, Johnny and Dally are the perfect matches for my definition of a hero. They risked their own lives to try and save the children in the burning building. They were fearless and tried to save others. they put themselves aside and focused on others in danger. They were noble nad brave. If it wasn't for them, the kids would have died. They are true heroes.

Q5: Why do you think Johnny wasn't scared, despite the obvious danger, on page 92?
A5:
I think that Johnny wasn't scared, despite the obvious danger because he was too focused on what had to be done to be scared. Ever scince he had gotten jumped, he'd been to scared to do anything. but now he was in this burning building with nothing to do but smile. He was happy not to be scared anymore. He was happy to get out of that scared and nervous shell he had been hiding in. He had so much adrenaline running through his body, he just wanted to enjoy it. He wasn't scared for the same reason as Pony, there was no time to be scared. No time to think, the only thing they had time for was to get everyone out.