Podcast Interview

English Radio Podcast Interview by,

RaphaelJH - Interviewer
Lachie - Ponyboy
Diah - Cherry

(Script)

Good morning, I am Raphael Jefferson Hertanto presenter of ENG Radio 99.9 FM welcome back. I’m here today to interview Ponyboy Curtis and Cherry. Ponyboy and Cherry are 15 years old and they are from New York state, New York. Today, they here to talk about their personal story of their triumph over troubles that they have faced.

1. Hello Ponyboy and Cherry, how are you?

We’re fine, how are you Raphael?

Raphael : I’m great, thanking you once again for coming in today. Lets get down to the questions shall we.

2. Ponyboy, can you tell us about the “Greasers”?

The greaser’s is a group a ruffed up teen’s and hood’s who have a problem with the law and them goddam “SOCS” and we always in trouble.

3. Cherry, can you tell us about the “Socs”?

Socials or what people like to call “Socs” are a group of rich kids from the west side. The Greasers have always thought that the Socs had it better than them but what they don't realise is, the Socs have it just as rough as they do.

4. Ponyboy, Why do the Greasers have a problem with the “Socs?

The always tryna ruff’n one of us while walking alone and everybody think’s there as pure as driven snow but there as mean and feral as us there always in the paper’s for winning football or saving someone but the public don’t see them behind closed door’s.  

5. Cherry, from your side, why do the Socs have a problem with Greasers?

To be honest i think this a crazy misunderstanding which both groups are at fault, this has also been strung along for too long. Both groups just need to toughen up, respect each other already and just deal with it. I don’t even remember how it started….

6. Ponyboy can you describe the chronologist/short story about the Windrixville accident?

Me and Johnny had been running from law the after Johnny shanked bob i can’t seem to get it out of my mind as Johnny someone who couldn’t hurt a fly turning into the monster pulling out that switch and digging it into bob flesh and just to see that “SOC” lay in that pool of blood made  me cold and sick inside .Afterwards me and johnny  fled to windrixville were darry had given me and johnny $50 all we bought soda cigarettes and baloney a lot of baloney.I remember the day of the fire i was awoken by the presence of dally he shook me awake and said “come on use i bet  you are damn hungry” I knew i was hungry and the way johnny looked he was very hungry Dally had taken us to the dinner  me and Johnny ate that much our stomach’s nearly busted the button’s off our shirts when we finished we continued back to the church. As we came across it was on fire the it must of been one of mine or johnny's cigarettes but worst of all there was a bunch of school kid’s at the church which they were trapped me Johnny and Dally jumped out of the car that quick and ran to the church i had grabbed one same johnny and dally a beam or a plank of wood must have of trapped johnny in the fire Dally ran back in and saved only with his life but in the process Dally had received a nasty burn on his right arm.

7. Ponyboy, what does “things are rough all over” mean?   

Well my opinion is that it isnt rough all over and those Socs have it pretty goddamn easy if you ask me with their fancy car’s there big house the big picture’s in the paper they got it easy. Us greaser got nothin yeah and i do think that what you're implying thing’s are rough all over your wrong cause thing’s ain’t rough all over we got hard  were the one’s missing parent’s were the one’s that get singled out in public as hood’s menace to society and were not all bad you know them Soc’s get everything given to them us greaser’s gotta work hard for what we want and just don’t get it that easy.

8. Cherry, what does "things are rough all over” mean?

In my opinion, i say this because well things are rough all over. Greasers think that we Socs have it easy but we don’t. Life in general isnt easy. We all have it rough. Socs do have their own problems as were not this stereotypical rich kids you might think we are. Sure we might get things handed to us but at what costs? Our parents don’t even take the time to spend 2 seconds with us. I envy the Greasers sometimes, Greasers have more emotion, us Socs have to learn to be cool to the point of not feeling anything. Thats not living.

9. Ponyboy, from your side how is Johnny?

From my opinion Johnny was my bestfriend these street’s and these gang’s ruined that boy not more so physically but very strongly mentally i never meant for johnny to die but i still remember the word’s  he had said to me the day of his death “stay gold Ponyboy stay gold”. I knew from then on what it meant he wanted me to stay the same and never change Johnny is good he never had a problem with anybody but i can honestly say Johnny was a lost child the street’s had broken him.

10. Cherry, in your opinion, is Ponyboy a kind man?

He’s….different. I’ve only really met him once but from what i can see he’s different. He’s not like the other Greasers… he’s got a soft side which i like and which proves to me that not all Greasers have to be like Dally who is known for being violent at times. So i guess Ponyboy’s a kind man.

11. Cherry, do you consider Bob’s death to be murder or an accident?

I don’t believe Bob should have died that day. It was a tragic event. Do i wish the accident could have gone differently? Yes, but i understand that it was an accident and i don’t blame Johnny for what he did that day. He did what he had to do to save Ponyboy even if it meant stabbing Bob and i respect that.

12. Cherry, do you believe the rivalry between socs and greasers will ever end?

I hope so. Goodness gracious I can’t stand fights… I can’t stand them. This fight has gone too long. I do hope both groups will come come to their senses and stop all this nonsense.

13. Cherry, do you see yourself falling in love with Dally?

I don’t exactly see myself falling for Dally. I didn’t exactly know him. I could though but i know better than to be associated with Dally. He’s…. What they call bad news.

14. Cherry, do you believe the police were right to shoot down Dally to the point of killing him?

No, in my opinion the situation could have been handled differently. Yes he committed a crime and attempted to flee but does that give them the right to shoot him down? To kill a life? What good does shooting Dally do? Couldn’t they have been less of a barbarian and shot him in the leg instead? That would have at least slowed him down. He didn't need to be shot to the point of killing him.

15. Cherry, do you consider Dally, Ponyboy and Johnny to be heroes or villains?

I don’t exactly consider them heroes nor villains. In some ways yes they would be considered heroes as its not everyday a church is saved by 3 young men.

16. Ponyboy how did you feel when you were called heroes after the horrific windrixville accident?

I was happy and proud for once we weren't  just labelled as the hood’s of our society we were hero’s and i wish we could stay like that but something good is not to last.

Thank you Ponyboy and Cherry for making an appearance on ENG Radio 99.9 FM and to the listeners out there, thank you for listening. My name is Raphael and i bid you all a good morning.