Chapter 10: Why can't Ponyboy read "Gone With the Wind"?

Ponyboy no longer wanted to read the novel because he'd never get past the parts that reminded him of his friends.

I looked at the paperback lying on the table. I didn't want to finish it. I'd never get past the part where the Southern gentlemen go riding into sure death because they are gallant. Southern gentlemen with big black eyes in blue jeans and T-shirts, Southern gentlemen crumpling under street lights. Don't remember. Don't try to decide which one died gallant. Don't remember.