Johnny's Eulogy

I remember when I first met Johhny I was playing around with the football by myself. I was only about 6 or 7 years old and I saw Johnny looking at me, he was sitting in the gutter so I asked him to come and join me. We played a game of football with my brothers Darry and Sodapop, we got talking and started playing together more often, then all of a sudden we became best friends. Then he joined us Greasers and started basically being in our family.

Johnny had no real family, we were his family, we were the people he could trust and feel safe with, finally he belonged somewhere and that was with us. He was so nice, he got along with everybody. Towards the end of his life he was known as a hero because he saved the kids in the church and that's what killed him. Johnny and I had lots of memories together there were some good and some bad but they were mostly good because we got along so well together. We spent most of our life together he was the best friend anyone could ever have.

Johnny was a true friend he got along with everybody because he was so kind and giving, well that's what I liked him for anyway. He would help you out no matter what, like he saved all those kids in the church, there wouldn't be many other people that would risk there life to save someone they didn't even know. Johnny would never turn on you and you knew he will (should be past tense - 'would') always be there for you.

Johnny loved me reading him the novel Gone with the Wind when we were in the church. He once told me that he wanted to explore places all over the world but he never got the chance he had hardly ever been out of our neighbourhood. The only time he had is when Johnny and I had to go to Windrixville, there is so much more we could of done together but never got the chance and now we never (was missing) will.

I will never forget Johnny he was the greatest friend anyone can anyone can ever ask for, we did everything together and I will always remember us sleeping under the stars at the lot. I dought I would even be alive if it wasn't for Johnny I was going to get drowned until Johnny saved me. (these two sentences don't fit together - seperate ideas seperate paragraphs)

Johnny died being a hero and I think that is the best way to go and if I die knowing I'd helped lots of people and saved life's I would be happy. When we were at the church I told him a poem about nothing stays gold, and when he was about to die I said to Him "stay gold Johnny, stay gold and I bet you he will. (He said it to Ponyboy not the other way around)

-Ponyboy Curtis

By Shae :)