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toc =**__My Meaning Statement:__**=


 * __Things I connect to in the story__**
 * A young teen who has had a parent die
 * A smart person who sometimes doesn't use his head
 * An individual who tries to fit in or act like someone else

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__**My meaning statment**__

I am working to be one of the smartest people in a group of friends.

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__**My meaning question answers**__ (typed out)

__**Characters and relationships**


 * Book**__

I think that Ponyboy and Johnny would think that my, my meaning statement would be a good one, but I think the others would think it be best to be the toughest one in a group of friends. Ponyboy wouldn't call me an idiot and he probably would think it is a valuable my meaning statement.

The person I compared to was Ponyboy because he is an individual and smart but doesn't always use his head and pays for it sometime. We both have lost at least one parent but he lost both of his. I live well and have more than I need to survive, well both of his brothers have to work and one had to drop out just to get by.

__**Me**__

If I was a character in the book than when Johnny killed Bob I wouldn't have left with him because I didn't do anything and I might try to keep him from leaving also because he was in self defense and saving me. I would probably use my head more than Ponyboy like not walking alone. I would pay close attention to the one thing each of my friend does best.

Since my father is dead I want to be one of the best so I can greatly succeed in life. Also my mom because I want to make her happy with all I can do.

__**Setting**__

__**Book**__

Objects in the book that are significant to me are the book Ponyboy reads to Johnny because it is like a book that my dad use to read to me. The switch blade is also important because my dad gave me a pocket knife and I suppose that they are alike.

The place that had the greatest effect on my mood was after Johnny died and Dally ran off and then got shot because he always hated every thing and Johnny was the only person or thing he had ever loved and so he couldn't handle Johnny's death. He didn't even want to live anymore.

__**Me**__

Since I have mostly always lived in Highlands Ranch then I might have more advantages than someone who grew up in the slums because in Highlands Ranch we can use the rec centers to stay out of troubles and we have multiple libraries close by so I can study and research.

My family (especially my mom) give my life meaning as well as my dad because since he is dead I want to do all i can to succeed and make him as proud of me as i can. I also hold some of my swords dear because they were my dads. Most all of the things that were my dads I hold dear to me especially they things he got as he traveled.


 * __Dialogue__**

__**Book**__

If people talk tough than they probably just bottle up things that go wrong in their life. People who are always taking with allot of emotion probably let out their thoughts and emotions instead of ever bottling them up. They don't use many complex or long words they use slang.

If I was going to speak to a character in the book it would probably be Dally because I would want to know about his life. He probalby would threaten me to drop it but I would still try to find out about his life. I am curious to find out exactly what made him become so hard and tough.

__**Me**__

They way I talk with my friends probably says that I joke and can be serious. I you dude and yo cind of a lot. I'm sure I use other words I just can't think of what they are.

__Interveiw

1)Do you think that this is a valueable meaning statement? Why?

Yes because you will be the one that every one looks up to when they need help.

2)How do you think that this meaning could realate to you?

I don't think it relates to me because im not realy a smart person when it comes to school and stuff.

3)What would you tweek in this statement if it were to be for you?

I would try not to be the smartest one in a group but to just be myself.

4)If this statement were to be for one or more of the characters in the book who do you think they would be?

I think that it would be for ponyboy.

5)Why?

Because he gets good grades and is generaly smarter that the rest of the people but he doesn't allways think.

6)How does this change the way you think of me?

I think that you are trying to be smarter than you are.__

__**Conflict**__

__**Book**__

Ponyboy - he is trying to understand the whole conflict and why there is a conflict

Johnny - he gets hurt and frightened because of the conflict

Dally - He has blocked out emotion so that he isn't harmed by the cnflict

Darry - Is stuck on the wrong side of the conflict because of pony and soda

Soda - he looks at life in a fun way despite the conflict

Charry - Understands the conflict and that there is no solution.

Johnny gets hurt because of the conflict because he is jumped by socs and that makes him more timid. Dally becomes hard and hates the world because the world hates him (greesers). Ponyboy is confused because he is trying to think out a solution and then in his mined relises that their is no solution.

__**Me**__

The greatest conflict I have been in is sibling rivalry with my sister and we fight quite often. Sometimes it is because of things that matter but sometimes it is a stupid fight. We should just put any disagreements behind us.

This is more of a dilemma because even though it has been going on for years it should be that long and it does have a clear solution. The solution is to just forgive each other. Not to never disagree or fight again just not about pointless things and not as often. If we just cind of didn't say every thing we thought it would be a-ok.