Tone: Explai n how S.E . Hint on’s tone (her attitude towards this story) is expressed when Ponyboy states “Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum.”

There is a dark cynical tone here. We know that Dally wasn't a hoodlum at heart: he became that way. Society wanted to see Dally like that. Johnny was a hero but still a greaser. This adds to the dark irony of the statement.