John Barton's True Identity

People are often judged upon their traits. If willed, these traits can improve, leaving the person with a better overall personality. One of the more pronounced character examples is the character Johnny, in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The book follows the story of a battle between rich, West-side social clubs and poor, East-side gangs. Johnny is a part of the gang from the wrong side of the tracks. He is abused and always has a defeated look in his eye, but even Johnny can change. Throughout the novel Johnny is scared, brave, and accepting. Johnny goes through tremendous change throughout the novel.

John’s has expressed his goals of interest to be finding stable housing to get off the streets and acquire a way to earn enough money to survive on a daily basis. John’s many strengths are pushed down by his one weakness, which is his mental illness of paranoid schizophrenia. If the ultimate goal of getting John on medication is met, then it is believed that his strengths will overcome his weakness and he will then be able to lead a more normal and productive life. John’s strengths consist of having a college education, is not physically handicapped, can speak and put words together in a somewhat poetic stance, can

John is a loyal person, and has a very assertive mindset. He seems to want to have social attention, because of the neglect he faces at home. John has a very hard home life, with an abusive alcoholic father. Other than him having an alcoholic father, John and I are very different. I am not, and never have been neglected in any way, and I do not choose to have the trust and friendship of people around me.

In this book, everyone was part of a gang and everyone looked at each other as either a Soc ,or a Greaser. Johnny, who has been abusively beaten while getting jumped and from his own father at home, and Pony save children from a burning house. No one would expect the hoodlums to risk their lives to save children. They have a reputation for doing illegal things and getting arrested. However, newspapers have stories on the two and labelled them as “heroes”. Dally, who was the toughest and baddest of all the Greasers, kills himself. The true reason behind this was because after going to the hospital to visit Johnny, he witnessed watching him die right in front of his eyes. Johnny’s death makes him rob a store and having the police intentionally kill him. The only thing that he loved was Johnny and his beloved thing was gone. This shows that Dally, even though he’s a Greaser and does all these horrible things, has feelings. Even people who genuinely knew him, labelled him as having no feelings. Also, Randy, who is a soc, talks to Pony about Bob and how he was just a regular guy who had his own problems. The only reason that Bob would act out and drink a lot was because his parents would never set boundaries. He just wanted for someone to tell him “No”. Cherry Valance, who was Bob’s girlfriend, even said that he was actually sweet. This shows that people are individuals and that labels don’t say who you

“I Was A Skinny Tomboy Kid” and Bad Boy both present a common theme of girls and boys are expected certain roles in our society. Children are faced with difficulty and we struggle to show our true selves. Young people want to blend in and to stay off the highway of hate, but sometimes we are criticized for being ourselves. I thought that the memoir, Bad Boy was more clear presenting a theme. It was more effective and direct when expressing Myers’ feelings as a child growing up in Harlem in the 1950’s. Being yourself is easier than being someone

Ponyboy is bullied by a group of people that do not accept him. He is also different than the group of boys he hangs out with, because he like to read and watch films. Ponyboy is trying to find out where is place is in society. Junior is also trying to figure out his identity. As a Native American, he is expected to be educated on the reservation where he lives. Instead, he has made the decision to travel to a white school, miles away from the reservation. Even though this puts his in a situation where is he is not accepted, he understands that having the best education is going to better him in the future. Katherine is trying to find her sexual identify. She wants to be sexually active, but doesn’t want it without a meaningful relationship. All of these adolescents are making adult decisions that are going to effect in some way, whether that be emotionally or physically. Katherine, Junior, and Ponyboy are going through one of there rites of passage: figuring out their identity as a

John “Crash” Coogan is the typical jock; he lives in Pennsylvania and is starting his second year of middle school as a 7th grader. I thought the main theme of the book is don’t judge a book by its cover. At least what most of us have in mind as a jock? Crash had always picked on his neighbor Penn Webb because of his choices and his lifestyle until later he realized something about Penn that he was his meant- to- be best friend. Crash has a wonderful life, until life deals him a hand that he could not have expected. When Crash 's grandfather unexpectedly has a stroke, Crash instinctively steps back and re-evaluates his life without even realizing he 's doing it. Suddenly, his cool friend, Mike doesn’t seem so cool anymore. Things that

Many individuals is faced with the decision of conforming or choosing personal desire, and it is not an easy decision. It is hard because being shunned by others for being different is not a good feeling. Choosing to conform over personal desire, often leads to loss. On the other hand, personal desire is what sets others apart and gives them joy. In the poem, “The Jackhammer Syndrome”, Al Purdy discusses the good and bad memories he has experienced. He goes through his memories of when he had fun and made mistakes, but he reflects on what he could have done better. The author of “The Jackhammer Syndrome informs against choosing the welcoming joy of conformity over the long-term gains of personal desire. Making the decision to pursue conformity over personal desire may seem easy at first, but if the choice is to conform, the joy it gives will not last. Making the decision to pursue conformity over personal desire Conformity may seem to give joy at first, but it does not last. When Al is playing pool with his brother, he wants to win badly, but losses. However when he did not care to win, Al wins! Conforming can lead to loss but personal desire has much to gain. If the choice is to conform, personal identity may be lost. In my life, I recognize several instances in which I found several similarities between Al and myself. I have made decisions that were not always good ones such as swimming across long distances with friends.

John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.

Additionally we see his rebelliousness, targeted at what he views as a life that is normal and boring. He rebels by dressing in punk style clothes, paid for by his parents.he read’s book’s by author such as André Gide (Boyle, 115) who was noted for works that explored conflict and rebellion. His behaviors and those of his friends are used to set themself’s outside of society , to be perceived as rebels .With their use of drugs ,drinking, cruising all night long and gliding off to the hoped for glory of Greasy Lake.They strike a pose of teenage rebellion ,all paid for by their parents. By being” expert in the social graces” (Boyle, 115) they are “slick and quick” (Boyle, 115) in an rebellious stand against what their parents want for them

A choice of not putting the effort and vitality in building a relationship can make a person irresponsible, which impacts a relationship. When he discovered that Johnny doesn’t have a full scout uniform because of lack of money, his first response was “What’s the matter with this family anyway? God knows what the neighbor must think of me.” What others thought was more important to him than his own family. John Purcell's alcoholic habit has moved him far from the association with his child despite the fact that he was attempting to get near to him. "On the evening of the banquet, he was a little late getting home, having stopped in for a few drinks with a customer who was buying an industrial site," he demonstrated an absence of judgment by having a drink before he even returned home from work making him late to the scout meeting, which was a critical meeting for his son. John Purcell never puts the time, exertion and effort to

Despite self-awareness, a person make many decisions everyday, even if many are subtle. Getting out of bed, deciding what clothes to wear, and even the attitude you display to others. While there are many factors that contribute to these decision making, a major factor is who your role model is. Role models, whether they be a close friend, family member, or historical figure, can influence what you aspire to do, and how you live your life, per say. In The Other Wes Moore, role models play a big role shaping the lives and decisions of both Wes’s, leading them to their current places in the world.

In 1957, John was born in Athens, Georgia (Robison, 1). When he was born, both of his parents were in college and his dad was also a preacher (Robison, 1). They moved to different areas until they finally settled down in Amherst, Massachusetts and his father became a professor in Philosophy (1). Throughout John’s childhood, he was always different from his classmates and brother (2). He said he was always sad, a loner and had few friends (Robison, 2). His parents recognized this and tried to help him by having him see therapists and guidance counselors (Robison, 2). At this point in time, Asperger’s Syndrome was not diagnosed yet (Robison, 3). Some therapists thought he was a psychopath because he did not make eye contact with them (Johnelderrobison, 00:00:45-00:01:00). Others said he was lazy or chose to misbehave, when he did not have control over his actions (Robison, 3). Due to all of this negativity and people telling him something was “severely wrong” with him, John dropped out of school in tenth grade (Robison, 3).

Isolation can force an individual to make irrational choices by clouding their sense of cogent judgement. In Ross Sinclair’s short story, “The Painted Door,” the characteristics forced onto an individual as a result of confinement are clearly shown. Living on a small farm, John and Ann are faced with winter weather that is almost impossible to travel in. When their closest neighbor is five miles away, it’s hard for them to live in such a world where communication is sparse. Forced to live in such a world of isolation, Steven, Ann and John’s judgement to make rash decisions is limited and has a substantial impact on the individuals internally.

Discuss the need of parents to be involved in John’s life to be there to answer questions and concerns when they arise.