Character Analysis: Johnny

Ponyboy Curtis in the fourteen-year-old boy that explains the story in both the book and the movie, and also the youngest of the greasers. Ponyboy is very intelligent compared to the rest of the gang he is most defenatly the smartest to them all. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop in both the book and movie. Darry repeatedly accuses Ponyboy of lacking common sense in the book more so then in the movie, but Ponyboy is a much brighter then his brother takes him for. Throughout the novel, Ponyboy struggles with class division, violence, innocence, and familial love but in the movie they dont focus on his school as much. He matures over the course of the book and the movie both.

Ponyboy Curtis - The youngest Curtis brother, 14 years old. He is the narrator of the story. Ponyboy is very smart and interested in culture and movies, different from his other brothers. Ponyboy gets good grades and due to that he doesn’t get along with Darryl (Darry) his older brother because Darry wants to push Ponyboy to be good in school unlike him and his other brother Soda. He loves his brother Sodapop more than he even loved his own mom and dad. He is the only member of the gang who is smart and is a good student.

Ponyboy’s parents died 8 months before the book. Ponyboy is dynamic. Johnny is Ponyboy’s best friend, he is smaller than the rest of the gang, but he has a slight build. Johnny has big, black eyes and a dark tanned face. His hair is jet black and it is heavily greased and combed to the side.

In the novel, Dally and Johnny both end up dead, but this is not until SE Hinton has explained what roles Johnny and Dally play in Ponyboy’s life. Johnny plays the angelic aspect of Ponyboy’s life, pulling him away from troubles and once again reminding Ponyboy to stay innocent,

Jimmy Valentine, the main character in “Retrieved Reformation” by Common Lit staff, makes a change for the best, but is still unable to leave his past completely behind. Jimmy Valentine is a bank robber. After being released from prison he is off and gone until “Jimmy Valentine looked into her eyes, forgot, who he was, and became a new man.” Shortly after, JImmy sent a letter to his dear friend, “... I want to make a present of my kit of tool. I know you will be glad to give them to us…” Once receiving the tools he carries them by his side 24/7. One day hanging out with his fiancee's family at the bank, one of the little girls get caught in the bank's new safe that can not be broken. Jimmy’s fiance looks at him with pleading eyes, asking for

Gabe Mason is a fifth generation firefighter unable to move forward with his life after the devastating betrayal by his lover two years earlier. Gabe’s dominate, take-charge personality and need to care for and protect those he loves has caused past lovers to resent him and eventually leave. The one time he relinquishes part of that control, he is deceived and Gabe refuses to allow that to ever occur again.

“I'll be all around in the dark. I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look—wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there,” a quote said by Tom Joad from John Steinbeck’s novel Grapes of Wrath. Written during the great depression, John Steinbeck depicts a Oklahoma family traveling to California for work after losing their farm. The main character Tom Joad is first seen as caring only for himself and his family. By the ending the novel Tom has grown from caring about himself to caring and seeing the whole world as his family.

3. Johnny becomes aware of political matters by reading the newspaper, talking with Rab and Mr. Lorne, and talking to the people he delivers The Observer to.

One character that I identify with the most would probably be Larry Buckman. Beside Larry’s bad habits of gambling and not looking after kool, I related to him because he’s independent. During an argument between Larry and his father, Larry says he’s not like gill “just another number”. He was different, he wanted to stand out and work for himself, not just another number in a business. I am my own boss, my brother and me opened a business because we are both like Larry, wanting to work for ourselves and not being an employee and some office job. I also related to Larry because I like to gamble, but not to the extent Larry does. I enjoy playing cards at casinos and some small sports bets with friends, But not to the extent of betting thousands of dollars on sports bets.

I relate the most to Brian. He is smart but is pressured immensely by his parents to get good grades. He isn’t the most popular guy and is kind of an outcast. He always tries to keep out of the conflict and tries to stop it from happening between the other characters in the movie. He wants to be friends with everyone and is pretty quiet. None of them really knew who he was or were very nice to him. He became a much more open and fun person once he got to know the people which shows he is a pretty shy person. He does anything that they want him to do so they will like him more and they wont fight. He volunteers to write everyones essays for them and does many things that are out of his comfort zone. He says curse words and even does illegal

All envious entities start off ordinary people who have something to live for and people who care for them no matter what. Both Jack and Minh Nguyen started off ordinary people. Jack was just a choir leader and Minh Nguyen was just an average man who dreamt of being an Entrepreneur. Jack was respected by the crew on the island and wanted to survive similar to the majority of the kids on the island. In parallel Minh Nguyen was a married man living an amazing life, “known for helping launch the company Plaxo (Pagliery (CNN)).” Indeed they were just regular people who fit in properly with society and had nothing wrong with their lives at the moment, except for the fact that Jack was stuck on an island. Occasionally these normal people lose someone

When first reading about Patrick I didn’t realize how serious his condition truly was, but trust me now I do. Unlike Armando and the Twins it seems Patrick is more alert and more understanding to what is going on even though he is only fifteen. Traveling in and out of the hospital for all 15 years of his life has a huge impact on his medical knowledge. For example, he knows what medication to take for what symptom and exactly when he can be given more of it. If only he could cure himself. The doctors are just “maintaining” Patrick’s condition because the only other option is a procedure that had never been performed on a human being.

The Outsiders in my opinion, was an amazing book that actually took effect on my emotions, which came towards the climax of the book, and mostly towards the end. My point being is that, “The Outsiders” made me feel emotions like sadness, and sorrow, which would normally be a normal type of reaction in a book that deals with drama. But the book mainly made me feel like I had some similarities with the main character of the book, his name is Ponyboy. Ponyboy was one of the few characters that I felt like I could relate to in the entire story of the book, the second ( last ) character that I had at least one similarity with was named Johnny Cade. Both Ponyboy, and Johnny Cade were characters with very shy and nervous personalities, but mainly Ponyboy is the 14 year old boy ( The Protagonist of the story ) who is very shy, very smart in school, but does not have much common sense outside of school, and has two older siblings. His older brother Sodapop who connects and bonds with him more than his eldest brother Darry, and Darry is the more strict one to Ponyboy on a daily basis. The way how this book use literature is on communication, the book had made me stop and think on how I felt like I was Ponyboy at some parts of the story ( thought provoking ). I understood the meaning of the theme in that book, which was the whole conflict between the

As I’m running down the hallway, these nasty tears running down my face, all I can think about is Johnny. The only thing I loved, dead. He can’t be dead… No, Johnny is alive. He’s in the lot smokin’ a weed. What am I thinkin’? I watched him die… right there in front of me with my own eyes. I watched the pillow sink as he finished off his last words.

Paul Kelly is an ambitious musician that is praised for his uniquely Australian compositions of music and poetry. He has composed over 400 songs that each present elements of his own life; the struggles and success. His bodies of work are ultimately important in reflecting the many different characters he takes on; the heart throb, the bad boy and even the legendary Australian. These characters and many more highlight Kelly as a shape shifter (in essence). Denial is heavily featured subject matter in Stories of Me and I Don’t Remember a Thing which subsequently explores the bad boy element of his multi personality. Denial is especially interesting in how it explores initial shame but also an honest reflection of ones actions, this is what I’ll be examining with you today. Good day classmates and Mrs Tihema.