Essay On Johnny The Great Depression

Fast forwarding to the part in the church, Johnny had run into the church for two reasons. One is that he wanted to help and the other is that he was going to keep Ponyboy safe no matter what happened and he did a great job of it.

While at a movie theater, Dally is antagonizing and annoying several Soc girls. Johnny stands up to Dally, his hero, and states, “‘Leave her alone, Dally.’ ‘Huh?’ Dally was taken off guard. He stared at Johnny in disbelief. Johnny couldn't say ‘Boo’ to a goose. Johnny gulped and got a little pale, but he said, ‘You heard me. Leave her alone’” (24). It took all of Johnny’s bravery to stand up to his absolute idol. He was willing to stand up to a dangerous boy that could easily defeat him in a fight, to save others. Not only this, but when a church is burning down with children inside, Ponyboy states, ”Johnny wasn't behaving at all like his old self. ... he grinned at me. He wasn't scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (92). Johnny gives his own life for kids who have futures. He charges into the church at full speed when necessary. Johnny becomes brave in the middle of the

The boys had asked me to write a eulogy in memory of him, so here I was, standing in front of the small group of people that Johnny called his friends. His parents weren’t there, of course they weren’t. They didn’t care about him. I hadn’t wanted them there anyway. I looked around me. Standing at the front were the boys, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit and Steve, and behind them were a few other familiar faces, that I couldn’t put names to, probably just some of his classmates.

What motivated Johnny to risk his life and run into the burning church to save the schoolchildren, was that he felt like it was his fault the fire had started in the first place and didn’t want anybody getting hurt.

Johnny has a fear of Socs after getting jumped by them, which led him to kill Bob. He is regularly beaten by his father and emotionally abused by his mother. Ponyboy mentioned a quotation of Johnny   “ I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn’t pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.” After Johnny killed Bob trying to protect Ponyboy from drowning he ran away with Ponyboy to an abandoned church in Windrixville. At the time he was afraid of anybody that he thought could hurt him. When the church went up in flames Johnny made the decision to run in with Ponyboy to save the children in the burning building. His gallant actions led to him being paralyzed, but he learned to overcome his fears of easily being frightened. Before that, he always used to think about killing himself because he was scared and hurt, but now knowing that he has something to live for he thought he was too young to die. He said this “you want to know something, Ponyboy? I’m scared stiff. I used to think about killing myself… ”, “ I don't want to die now. It ain’t long enough. Sixteen years ain’t long enough. I wouldn’t mind it so much if there wasn’t so much stuff I ain’t done yet --- and so many things I ain’t seen. It’s not fair. You know what? That time we were in Windrixville was the only time I’ve been away from our neighbourhood.” Thus, adversity can help to overcome the hardships and

Johnny’s parents are abusive and don’t treat him with any emotional or physical support. In the book a quote is “Johnny’s father was a drunk and his mother was a selfish slob”. The gang helps Johnny in a lot of ways another quote says “Johnny would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there. If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never

When her husband returns, he made Johnny promise not to get involved in the war. After hearing this, Johnny’s mother remarked, “I’m glad. It’d kill me to lose another one, Johnny.”

Another huge mystery that is presented in the story is who Johnny’s father could possibly be. Throughout the story there tended to be a lot of foreshadowing of who Johnny’s father could be. In addition, Johnny’s mother promised that she would tell him when he was old enough. However, all that changed after that, “FATED BASEBALL” (Irving 105). When Johnny’s mother was struck with the baseball he thought that the person in the stands she was waving to was his father. During every big event after that Johnny and Owen tried to envision the stands to figure out who his father may be. However, he always missed remembering the person in the stands who was actually his father. Furthermore, the foreshadowing of Johnny trying to recreate the stands showed how his father would be revealed in an extraordinary way. Johnny learns who his father is after Owen’s death when he was talking to Rev. Lewis Merrill. Johnny explained that conversation as , “When the Rev. Lewis Merrill spoke he spoke not with his own voice - he spoke in the exact falsetto, the “permanent scream,” of Owen

Everyone has a courageous moment in their life, but Johnny has multiple moments where he shows a true act of courage. The first event that shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would get him in trouble with the police, but he took the chance. “ You really killed him, huh, Johnny ?...

When Johnny was maturing, he began to bear appreciation for certain things. One of the things he started to treasure was the smocks his mother had made for him. Before, Johnny had not recognized the love that had gone into their creation. When he was young, he would be too proud to even put those smocks on. However, now that he has grown, he saw the smocks in a whole new light. When getting a smock in the attic to give to Pumpkin, a British soldier who wants to desert the army, Johnny started to adore them for he finally was able to see that his mother’s love went into making these

This presents him from a living a normal life because he is focusing on the negative aspects of the miraculous moment he encounters; although it is tragic, Johnny tries to prevent God’s plan from happening to Owen. Later, he realizes that he could not and God is unstoppable. Canon Campbell points out to Johnny that he lives “in the past” and has a “head for history which has affected their relationship because Johnny was once “close to Canon Campbell,” but he is focusing more on the past and ignoring the present (203). This demonstrates that Johnny is retreating into his past memories which affect not only his relationship with others, but him as well.

Johnny Cade comes from a broken home, his dad hits him, his mom does not care about Johnny, the only thing he has are his friends, the greasers. Ponyboy, one of his closest friends, is talking about everyone in the gang and when he came to Johnny he said, “Johnny had it awful rough at home”(4). Johnny unlike everyone else in the gang, except Dally, does not have someone in his family that truly cares for him. This affects him because it makes him upset that his parents do not care for him. If Johnny did not have it so hard at home, he would be more content and joyful, and even less scared. Johnny is a little bothered that his parents did not ask about Johnny so Dally goes on and says, “‘my old man don’t give a hang whether i’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). When Dally is 10, he gets arrested and is on the streets of New York, which shows how little Dally’s father cares about him. Maybe if his father did care, Dally would be more kind and caring, and like Johnny, more joyful. If Dally’s dad cared, he may still be living with his parents and would not be a greaser. Dally and Johnny are

• Johnny’s parents hated him, beat and cursed at him, didn’t care where he was or what happened to him

John believed that faith was useless because no matter what decision you made the next thing that happened was always up for grabs, the courage needed to make decisions was useless. Johnny had always thought that Owen was crazy for being as faithful as he was. It wasn’t until Owen’s comparison with John knowing the Mary Magdalene was there with Owen knowing God was there did he finally understand the kind of faith Owen truly had. John had always admired Owens faith but at the same time didn’t understand it. Johnny had gone through so many things as a kid, not having a dad and his mother being killed by his best friend, that he was almost numbed emotionally. John may have seemed to be protecting Owen, but Owen was the one guiding and protecting John the whole time. Johnny Wheelwright was a representation of the doubt mankind

Johnny’s internal issues are as equally grievous as his external issues. He practically raised his siblings since he was six years old, and started to work in factories when he was seven. Due to his early start transferring to adulthood, he never really had the chance to experience a jovial and enjoyable childhood. Johnny “had been robbed of a large part of that playtime by being compelled to take care of [his siblings] … he had fallen the part of little mother and father as well” (8). Johnny does not have any pleasurable memories to look back on and confirm that his upbringing readied him to steadily transition to adulthood. His mother is not a major help in his life, consequently making him uphold both roles of provider and supporter when it comes to his family. With no time for himself, it was evident in Johnny’s face that “there was no joyousness in him…