This blog post is going to be about Johnny's and Ponyboy's experience in Windrixville from the book The Outsiders. In the book, Johnny had killed a boy named Bob. Johnny and Ponyboy went to Dally to ask where they should go. Dally had told them to go on a train heading to Windrixville. Right before they left, Dally gave them some money and a gun. When they went to a church Dally had told them to go to, they rested for the night. The next day, Johnny got some supplies from a shop. He would have to cut his hair short, and Ponyboy would have to cut it and bleach it, which he didn't want to do. Among some of the supplies was the book Gone With the Wind. After about 5 days in the church, Dally came to the church to talk with them. Dally gave Ponyboy a note from Sodapop, because he knew that Dally knew where Ponyboy was. As they went to Dairy Queen, Dally gave them some bad news. "...Hey, I didn't tell you we got us a spy." Dally said. That spy turned out to be Cherry Valance, the girl Johnny and Ponyboy were with the night at the drive-thru. As they went back to the church, it was in flames. There were people all around the church, telling some kids to back away. One lady had told a man that some children had been missing for several hours. They then heard some yells and screams coming from the church. Ponyboy ran though a window, not aware that Johnny had followed him. They found the kids in a back room, and started throwing them out of the window. One kid had bitten Ponyboy, but he gently dropped the kid out of the window. Right before the building collapsed, Johnny and Ponyboy barely made it out. The next thing Ponyboy knew was that he was in an ambulance, who took them in the hospital. Sodapop and Darry had met him there. So, I think that Ponyboy and Johnny learned that it doesn't matter what your background is, you can be a hero to anyone. Even though they were both greasers, they were also both considered heroes.
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