Remember, Johnny came from a terrible household. His parents either beat him, or ignored him. If Johnny became crippled, he wouldn't be able to come and go from that house as he pleased, which means he has to stay in that home where he was hated and unwanted.
Here is the excerpt from the novel:
"Even if Johnny did live he'd
be crippled and never play football or help us out in a rumble again. He'd have to stay in
that house he hated, where he wasn't wanted, and things could never be like they used to
be. I didn't trust myself to speak. If I said one word, the hard knot in my throat would
swell and I'd be crying in spite of myself." (Hinton, 87).
The first main phase of the 'Great Unrest' began with the rapid escalation of discontent in the South Wales oalfields. In this area wages were fixed not by individual or collective bargaining but by the price of coal. ... Discontent also simmered around the issue of 'small coal'.
Extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past; especially : made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition
D. ancestors. the indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object.
