Essay Questions
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Choose one to write about.
There is an expression--"You don't know what you have until it is gone." How does this expression apply to Johnny's life or your own?
At the beginning of the book, did Johnny want to die?
Did Johnny's parents want him around? Did his mom try and reconnect at the hospital?
Towards the end, does Johnny want to live?
Think of your own life--have you ever lost something or someone important, and you didn't really fully appreciate it until it was gone?
There is an expression--"You don't know what you have until it is gone." How does this expression apply to Johnny's life or your own?
At the beginning of the book, did Johnny want to die?
Did Johnny's parents want him around? Did his mom try and reconnect at the hospital?
Towards the end, does Johnny want to live?
Think of your own life--have you ever lost something or someone important, and you didn't really fully appreciate it until it was gone?
Johnny refused to let his mom into the hospital room. How does this show he has changed?
At the beginning of the book, whose attention did he always want, but never got?
At the end, whose attention did he want?
Johnny refused to let his mom into the hospital room. How does this show he has changed?
At the beginning of the book, whose attention did he always want, but never got?
At the end, whose attention did he want?
Make a prediction--Why did Dally take Two-bit's knife and put in under his pillow in the hospital?
Make a prediction--Why did Dally take Two-bit's knife and put in under his pillow in the hospital?