because he was confused and he was trying to convince himself that everyone is still alive and everything will be just the way it was before.
he saw it happen it was his freind johnny
He did not wanna talk about Johnny and said it was him because he thought Johnny was still alive and did not want johnny in trouble
ponyboy tells him that he did it, but it was actually johnny. Because he did not want johnny to get arrested for killing Bob Because they were drownding Ponyboy
Bob the Soc
Ponyboy pretends to be proud of Johnny killing Bob because it makes him look tough, an essential quality of a greaser. I hope my answer helped you. -Del Klassen -ihunt4ever
Johnny killed Bob because Bob and his friends had beat him up before and he was scared. Also, the Socs were drowning Pony and it was the only way to save him.
It was Johnny who killed Bob. There is no Jhonny, He killed Bob to protect Ponyboy because Bob was trying to drown him in the fountain at the park.
Bob got killed by Jhonny because he and the socs. were drowning ponyboy so he could have died. Jhonny killed Bob with his switch blade.
The socs girl named cherry and ponyboy would testify as a witness saying that johnny killed bob in an act of self defense.
Ponyboy told him that Johnny and Dally weren't dead, and that he had killed Bob himself.
Ponyboy said that Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob getting killed, because he didn't want Johnny taking the blame. Johnny was already dead, and Ponyboy didn't want him to look like a bad person (because he'd saved Ponyboy's life).
Johnny kills Bob because he was trying to drown Ponyboy. It was mostly self-defense.