Assignment

Your Task: Rewrite the hospital scene where Johnny's mother comes to visit. In your version, the nurse does not turn her away, but lets her in the room. Imagine Johnny's reaction. What would Johnny's mother say to him? What would Johnny say to her?

You are writing part of a narrative, not a script. Sentences, punctuation, and paragraphs should appear the way it would in a book. Use the book or passage above as an example. Pay special attention to the dialogue and how the author starts a new paragraph each time she changes speakers.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

        A nurse appeared in the doorway. "Johnny" she said quietly, "your mother's is here to see you." 
Johnny opened his eyes. At first they wide with surprise, then they darkened. "I don’t want to see her," he said firmly. 
"But she's your mother.."  
Then as Johnny mother came through the door.  Johnny's face got cherry red with anger. 
"I said I don’t want you in here!!!" Johnny said in a firm voice. 
"Johnny calm down..I'm your mother I need to see you." his mother said.  
"But you don’t treat me like your son! You are always drunk and yelling! Now you treat me like you care, when I'm in pain. What about all the times you and dad hit me and abuse me! You didn’t care then..why care now. I'm surprised you aren't even drunk now!" Johnny shouted. 
"I think you should leave now. He's getting overwhelmed by this. It's not good for him." said ponyboy respectfully. 
"Who do you think you're talking to boy?!?!" Johnny mother said. Then Johnny face got really pale, then passed out. Then the nurse walking other to Johnny mother grabbed her arm and said  
  "It's not healthy for Johnny. You need to leave now!" then the nurse came back in and said in a respectful manner "You boy should leave as well. Johnny needs his rest."
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