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Brian Stevens

__Johnny's Eulogy__ Johnny was a good boy with a very big heart. As some of you may know my name is Ponyboy Curtis. I am Johnny's good friend. He wasn't very active and as you may know, he definitely wasn't an attention grabber for sure. But when he was with his friends he was maybe the loudest out of all of us, honestly. He was energetic soul with emotion, passion, and most of all, he was a good friend. Johnny didn't need fame, he was a good person and all he really needed was for other people to be happy. That is what made Johnny Johnny, his character and his personality!

Johnny definitely went through hard times. So Johnny didn't want you to see him hurting, and he apologized for that. But he accepted his death and had told Dally and I that he's happy that he saved those kids. Even going as far to say that their lives were more important.

The very last thing that Johnny had said to me was, “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold”. What Johnny meant was that It really wasn’t on purpose, he saved me from drowning. He killed Bob to protect his friend. As soon as that happened we ran away, to an abandoned church (where the fire took place). How the fire started was because of us, we smoked and somehow it started a fire. If Johnny was here today he would have preferred the truth

Yes, I know we are all in shock, but let’s take a moment to shift our thoughts from how much we miss him to the most courageous, blithe, charismatic best friend anyone could ask for! Johnny boy, you always stayed by my side in the best of times and the worst of times. I’m still very indebted to you, and I will never forget it.

“I can’t think about that right no. if I do, I think I’ll go crazy”- quote from author Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind. I had always been interested in the book for some odd reason when I mentioned it to Johnny, he realized he wanted to read it too. So he bought the book with the money Two-bit gave us to spend money for a week supplies of food while we were at the church. Most likely the reason why we liked the book so much was because we are very similar with the characters in the story. Just like Scarlet O’ Hera, I didn’t pay attention to much to Johnny until he was gone. Like Melanie, Hamilton Johnny got injured and died. Even on his death bed, Johnny asked if I could read the book to him in order to distract him from the pain he was going through.

Johnny would be missed by a lot of people here today. Just remember all the good memories you had with him instead of the bad.