The book is so focused on how ponyboy feels and how he reacts to johnny and dally dying but like what about the others? The book makes it seem like they’re fine and pony is the only one affected (no hate on the book). But anyways i thought i would write how i think they all felt about it.
Darry: He was devastated because he feels like everyone in the gang is his responsibility and he let them down. He felt like if he hadn’t blow up at pony none of this would have happened. He tries his best to stay strong in front of his brothers but sometimes he just can’t anymore and he breaks down at night.
Sodapop: Theirs deaths broke him and it does show a bit in the book and movie. He loved johnny like a little brother and dally was one of his best buddies. On top of all that he lost sandy too, who meant the world to him. I think he tries to stay strong for pony but as we saw, he breaks when he sees his brothers fighting and i think those tears were a build up from the whole past week.
Two-bit: After dally died two-bit complained about losing his switchblade. When steve got mad that thats all he was upset about two bit said it wasn’t, but he wished it was. Two-bit did this for a while, denying the fact that he was devastated, not letting himself think about it. I think eventually it hit him and he had a really depressed period but i think he realized they were in a better place.
Steve: I feel like he was in a state of shock about it for a little while after that night but then he went through a period of time where he just cried. He was really sad. Soda helped him through it and steve really started to appreciate soda.
I think it really affected the whole gang but they all had each other through it to lean on. I wish i had a group like that in my life.
Sorry if this is weird or dumb i was just thinking about it.
