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You have been asked to come and speak to the kids in both gangs. What could you say to them that would incorporate your values as a Catholic to help them resolve their differences? When I would go to the Socs gang I would say," Never hurt someone, see I believe in God, and God does not like people hurting each other. People are unique in so many different ways. God made them to be in his own image. We should all value that each person is different and recugnize that we are different too. God loves us too much, He would not make something that is ugly. Nothing that God makes is ugly.

Hi it's Molly This is a well written response. This statement is very true. God wouldn't want us to hurt someones feeling. It's like the saying WWJD and he would never be mean to a person.

Explain what Ponyboy finds out about Randy and the other Socs at the end of Chapter 7.

==== Ponyboy finds out that Randy really doesn't want to fight in the rumble that night. He didn't know what to do, he wanted to go but didn't want to fight, he thought that the other guys would call him chicken. Randy said, " You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before- at the bottom. And we'll still be the lucky ones with all the breaks. So it doesn't do any good, the fighting and the killing. It doesn't prove a thing. We'll forget it if you win, or if you don't." Randy is a good guy and was great friend to Bob (the person Jonny killed). Ponyboy became friends with Randy. Ponboy and Two-Bit found out that they came to talk with Ponyboy and not to jump them. ====

Hi, it's Hanna!! You were totally right when you talked about how Randy didn't want to fight, but was afraid if he didn't the other guys would call him chicken. I feel that Randy is actually a good guy, but feels pressured to fight, other wise the socs won't let him in their group any more. I would hate to be in a situation like that, wouldn't you? I was glad that Randy and Ponyboy actually talked to each other because it showed us another side of the socs and greasers. Overall, I think that you had a really good response and did a good job in looking in your book to find what he said.

Explain what Two-Bit means when he says: "The only thing that keeps Darry from being a Soc is us."

==== Two-Bit say this because if the gang was without Darry he could be a Soc. He is tuff, strong, and good looking.Two-Bit knows that Darry care about the greasers and if he didn't have them he would becaome a handsome Soc. Jonny thought that if he nor Soda was there Darry would deffinitly become a Soc. ==== Hi Emma,

You are missing a response here. I think you brought up some good points in the ones you wrote. I agree that Pony discovers that Randy is just another guy who is trying to journey in this life. He feels no hatred toward him any longer.

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