Summary

This section of the novel begins with Ponyboy and Baby moving to Berlin after Ponyboy finishes their schooling in Paris. In Berlin, the two of them focus on their artistic pursuits and work alongside one another. Ponyboy looks for jobs, supported by their father’s monthly checks. One night, they call Toni and ask them if they would come to Berlin to visit, but they “explain with a patronizing sigh” that they need to stay in Providence to finish their degree (71). They try to get Ponyboy to realize that they have a drug addiction and that trans people rarely get the help they need from social services because of prejudice. Meanwhile, Ponyboy sinks further into drugs and pines for Toni. One morning, they wake up with Baby and a male photographer whose name they do not know, having just...