For example, Johnny's parents neglect him in ways that parents should not. It does not matter to them whether or not he comes home at night. They abuse Johnny constantly by hitting him, scolding him, and ignoring him. When Johnny’s father hits him he finds it to be a good thing because it means his parents actually notice him. His parents yell at him for reasons not even he understands. Johnny’s mother and father ignore him which in Johnny’s eyes feels like the worst form of abuse. Johnny wants his parents to recognize him being home and cared about. After he ran off to Windrixville and Dallas came to stay with them Johnny hoped that his mother and father had asked where he had gone off to, but in no surprise his parents had not said a thing about him. They truly do not care. When Johnny was burned and in the hospital his mother finally came to see him but at that point he said “I don’t want to see her. [. . . ] She’s probably come to tell me about how glad her and the old man’ll be when I’m dead” (122). That is displeasing when he finally gets noticed it comes as a scolding of what he did wrong. Two-Bit and Pony saw her in the hall outside of the hospital room. She places the blame on the gang. Johnny’s mother says that the gang does not deserve to see Johnny because she and her husband have gone through the trouble of raising him and he chooses his friends over them. This happens
For example, Johnny's parents neglect him in ways that parents should not. It does not matter to them whether or not he comes home at night. They abuse Johnny constantly by hitting him, scolding him, and ignoring him. When Johnny’s father hits him he finds it to be a good thing because it means his parents actually notice him. His parents yell at him for reasons not even he understands. Johnny’s mother and father ignore him which in Johnny’s eyes feels like the worst form of abuse. Johnny wants his parents to recognize him being home and cared about. After he ran off to Windrixville and Dallas came to stay with them Johnny hoped that his mother and father had asked where he had gone off to, but in no surprise his parents had not said a thing about him. They truly do not care. When Johnny was burned and in the hospital his mother finally came to see him but at that point he said “I don’t want to see her. [. . . ] She’s probably come to tell me about how glad her and the old man’ll be when I’m dead” (122). That is displeasing when he finally gets noticed it comes as a scolding of what he did wrong. Two-Bit and Pony saw her in the hall outside of the hospital room. She places the blame on the gang. Johnny’s mother says that the gang does not deserve to see Johnny because she and her husband have gone through the trouble of raising him and he chooses his friends over them. This happens