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 is here to see you"

Johnny opened his eyes. at first they were wide with surprise, and then they darkened.
" I don't want to see her." he said firmly.

 "she's your mother"

 " I said  I don't want to see her." his voice was rising. " she probably came to tell me about all the trouble I am causing her and about how glad her and the old man'll be when I'm dead.Well, tell her to leave me alone. for once"-his voice broke-" for once just leave me alone."

the nurse let her in anyway.

She came in and sat beside Johnny.

she said "my poor baby!"

Johnny began to say "I'm not your baby!, you never loved me! and I sure as heck don't love you either!"
 Johnny passed out cold.

his mother said " how come you let those hooligans talk to him? look what they did to him!, they told him not to love me!"

"we did not!, if it is anyone's fault it's yours!, you never acted like you loved him! Ponyboy blurted.

the nurse escorted Ponyboy and Two-bit out.
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