In The Outsiders, besides the doctor, who visited Ponyboy in the hospital?
Ponyboy is the least hurt of the three after the incident with the abandoned church catching on fire. Ponyboy doesn’t go back into the church like Dallas and Johnny, and that means he doesn’t suffer the same level of damage as they do. Dally and Johnny are injured by falling timber, and they receive numerous burns all over their bodies.
Ponyboy is only in the hospital for a little while before he is released. He is driven there by Jerry, the school teacher, and his brothers Sodapop and Darry visit him. Soda and Darry are family, and that means they are legally allowed to visit Ponyboy in the hospital. While they are there, reporters and police officers swarm them and ask them a ton of questions.
After the police and reporters leave, Ponyboy wants to visit Dallas and Johnny, but they are not allowed to because they aren’t family:
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After the police and reporters leave, Ponyboy wants to visit Dallas and Johnny, but they are not allowed to because they aren’t family:
The nurses wouldn't tell us anything about Johnny and Dally, so Darry got hold of the doctor. The doctor told us that he would talk only to the family, but Darry finally got it through the guy's head that we were about as much family as Dally and Johnny had. (chapter 7)
They are given some information, and eventually, Pony is permitted to see Johnny, who ultimately dies of his injuries. The irony of the entire situation is that Johnny’s mother comes to see him, but he refuses to see her; despite her being a legal family member, he doesn’t consider her family as he thinks of the gang.
Which Soc visits Ponyboy during his recovery in The Outsiders?
Following the rumble, Pony stays home to recover from a severe head injury and struggles to cope with the traumatic deaths of his close friends. In chapter 11, Pony is analyzing Bob Sheldon's picture in the yearbook when Darry tells him that someone is here to see him. Pony is surprised that Randy Adderson is the visitor and offers him a cigarette when he enters the room. Randy is a timid, insecure Soc member, who is not particularly close with Pony and only visits him to discuss the upcoming trial. Randy is obviously concerned about his involvement in Bob Sheldon's death and tells Pony that his father is upset about the entire situation.
Pony cannot sympathize with Randy's situation because he is in a significantly more serious predicament. Pony informs Randy that his parents are dead, and he risks losing Darry as his guardian. Simply thinking about the upcoming hearing makes Pony sick to his stomach because he risks losing so much more than Randy. Once Randy recognizes Pony's desperate situation, he reminds him that Johnny stabbed Bob Sheldon and assures him that he has nothing to worry about if he tells the truth. Pony is still traumatized by the recent events and claims that he killed Bob Sheldon. When Randy argues that Johnny killed him, Pony raises his voice and claims that he is responsible for Bob's death. Darry overhears their conversation and eventually tells Randy to leave.