Examples Of Heroism In The Outsiders

Who do you think is a hero or has shown heroism through their life. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy’s interests and behavior contrasts his gang. For example, he hates to fight unless he has to, unlike his friends who fight for the fun of it or because everyone is doing it. Though he is the oddball of the group he still displayed great heroism throughout the book. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy displays many heroic traits and is a risk-taker. He shows great courage, his personality, and his actions are respected by many people.

Both Johnny and Dally are similar in the way that they both have a terrible home life. Johnny and Ponyboy are resting in the park when they accidentally fall asleep. Johnny wakes up Ponyboy at two in the morning and tells him to run home fast because Ponyboy’s brothers do care about him unlike Johnny’s parents. “‘I think I’ll stay all night out here.’ Johnny’s parents didn’t care if he came home

Towards the middle of the story, a boy named Johnny had killed a Soc that was drowning Ponyboy. He and Ponyboy fled the city to another town, and hid in an abandon church there for a week. When they were going to leave, they realized the church was on fire and there was kids trapped inside. Johnny and Pony were good friends and they decided to go help the children. After they rescued the children, they had to escape the burning, ravaged building. A flaming, steaming hot beam from the ceiling fell on Johnny. After this happened, Pony passed out, “ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost

Most people think of the lawless as bad people, but, is it possible for these “bad people” to have honor? In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, a gang called The Greasers go through a tough journey. During this journey there is a lot of pain and even some deaths. However in the end, they still stand together. This essay will be proving that The Greasers, who break the law, are still honorable because they help each other,risk their lives for others, and defend each other.

A hero is a person that is willing to risk his or her life in order to save another person's life. In the novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny all saved lives, helped others, and did risky acts in order to save lives. All of these three Greasers all showed a great act of a hero in the novel. First off, Ponyboy is courageous and not afraid to rescue and help people in times of needed. One example from the book is when the church caught on fire and Ponyboy rushes into the fire to save the school children .

In the beginning of the story, Ponyboy introduces each character and gives a description of them. Right off the bat you get a clear understanding of what each character is like. The novel says, “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with hatred of the whole world. Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of 10.” (10). The description of Dally’s eyes clearly demonstrates how his personality is tough and mean. He doesn’t care about a lot of things, as you can see by his eyes. Most of his life he has been doing bad things and even got arrested for many of them. He isn’t a good influence, doesn’t make the right choices, and isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind. All of this contradicts with how he treats Johnny and how deeply he cares about him. Johnny is one of the few things in life that Dally likes and doesn’t hate. This shows how important of a person Johnny is to Dally because Dally is very tough and mean. For Dally to like and care about somebody is a big deal because of how mean he is. All the bad things Dally has said and done make him a different person when he is around Johnny. Being tough is who Dally is and the way he lived his whole life. Therefore, the fact that he changes his ways and shows feelings and emotion just for Johnny shows just how kind Dally is to

Johnny knows and sees the good there is in the world; Dally sees only the bad. When heading to the hospital, Dally rants to Ponyboy. “ ‘That’s what you get for helpin’ people. Editorials in the paper and a lot of trouble. . . .’ (147)” Dally feels that there is no reason to help anyone besides Johnny. Johnny is the only one Dally cares about and he receives the ultimate demise as a way of showing how he should help people. Dally knows that if something happens to Johnny, he has nothing to live for. Unlike Dally, Johnny knows that somewhere, everyone has good in them. Johnny tells Ponyboy in his letter, “There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he

During the church fire Dally stood up and became heroic.“ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath. Then I heard a scream, and as I turned to go back for him Dally swore at me and clubbed me across the back as hard as he could, and I went down into a peaceful place.” (93). Dally did three heroic the things that night of the fire. He helped save the children when the church was burning down, he saved Ponyboy from jumping in the fire to save Johnny, then he attempted to save Johnny. You might think that’s what Ponyboy was going to do, but Dally didn’t want to lose two friend that night. Johnny is everything to Dally. Johnny has been an active diffuser to keep the bomb of Dallas Winston for exploding. Dally is truly a

When people think of heroes they think of soldiers, superman mostly just people who save others and have this perfect image. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton there are heroes that don't get that image of being a hero. There are three greasers that have shown that they are heroes throughout the book.

For instance, Johnny looked up to Dally in a revering way, almost as if Dally ishis brother, respecting him. Ponyboy explains that, “Johnny worshipped the ground Dally walked on” (25). This means that Dally was like an idol to Johnny. Likewise, Dally took care of Johnny like a little brother. When Johnny is running into the church, Dally can be heard screaming “‘Forget those blasted kids!’”(93), meaning that he valued Johnny’s life over a whole class of kids. When Johnny contemplates turning himself in, Darry starts shows his care for Johnny, “‘Johnny” Dally said in a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, “Johnny, I ain’t mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you”’(20). Dally does not want Johnny to become like him, a hardened criminal. Johnny and Dally both share a sense of comradery, hence the fact that they are

He is someone who can easily be characterized as heroic. When Johnny and Ponyboy were living in a church in Windrixville, a fire started. Ponyboy was the first one to run into the fire to find the missing kids (Hinton 91). Ponyboy showed courage and compassion for people he didn't even know, by risking his life for them. On top of this, Ponyboy justifies himself as a hero in many other ways. He is always there for the people he loves, Ponyboy always thinks about his friends and defends them against anybody. He is very loyal to his friends, and would help them no matter what. While being there for all his friends, Ponyboy probably helped Johnny the most out of them all. Johnny did not have a good life at home and he was not close with his parents. Ponyboy was his best friend and him and the gang were probably the closest to family Johnny had. In Chapter 8 of The Outsiders, Johnny is in the hospital and Ponyboy is visiting him. Johnny is scared about what's going to happen to him and Ponyboy is comforting and reassuring him (Hinton 121). On the outside, Ponyboy is steady and confident for Johnny, but on the inside, he is scared and doubtful. How Ponyboy helps and acts towards others is what can title him a

Johnny saved Pony from dying when David tried to drown him. He killed Bob to keep Ponyboy alive. Dally gave Johnny and Ponyboy a place to hide so Johnny wouldn’t go to the electric chair. Also, Ponyboy went into a building to save children he didn't even know.     Johnny is

The dreamer, the abused and the delinquent. How could such outsiders be heroes? They did not save the world, they can't fly and they don't have super powers. So they aren't your comic book super heroes, but they are small town heroes that changed many people's lives. Because they were different, they stood out from everyone else, they were greasers, they were outsiders.

Are the greasers heros? A definition of a hero is somebody that does something good for someone or save someone's life. Ponyboy, dally, and johnny are all heros. These people are greasers and are heros in many different ways.

Later that day, Ponyboy’s hair was cut, and bleached. Johnny’s was just cut to shorter length. The next day, Johnny gets Ponyboy’s favorite book, “Gone With The Wind”, so he could read it out loud so they could keep themselves busy. Later on, Dally stops by when they fell asleep while reading gone with the wind so he could catch them up with what was going on out in the outside