Johnny As A Hero In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

Early in the book Johnny shows that he is shy. But also brave and not scared to stick up for his friends. The Socs jumped Johnny and Ponyboy. They started to drown Ponyboy. Johnny defended him by stabbing Bob. Later, Pony discussed with Johnny, “You really killed him, huh Johnny?’ ‘Yeah.’ his voice quavered slightly. ‘I had to they were drowning

Johnny’s personality changed from arrogance to humility throughout the book. In the first part of the book Johnny was puffed up in pride. Such as, when he woke up the other apprentices and said “Wake up you lazy slobs! It’s time for work.” Another instance in which he showed self - importance was when Mr. Lapham was reading the bible, but then he asked Dove to read a

In the beginning of the book, Johnny is prideful, easily influenced, quick to criticize those who annoy him, and often loses his temper. Throughout the book, Rab’s somewhat opposite characteristics change Johnny. When Johnny first meets Rab, he describes him by stating he had “an ease and confidence flowed out

Johnny was also very cocky, he was an amazing Silversmith but he was very vain about it. Johnny thought he could take on any job that was brought to him, alone. In which actually got him hurt, hurt to the point of losing his job, to the point of losing the use of his hand. Though when he found a job his eyes were opened to everything.

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

 Before he died, he was attacked by a Soc, Johnny almost died after the Soc attacked him but the Greasers came and saved him.  That is another reason why being with the Greasers is a life accomplishment because they help you when you need help.  Johnny is quiet, but when he needs to talks, he will talk when he is protecting someone.  The Greasers don’t scare him because he was attacked by a Soc and every time they scare him, he remembers what happened to him.  The Greasers think of Johnny as a lost puppy in a

Through his life, he has been abused by both of his parents, with no adult guidance except for the older kids in the neighborhood. Inside the book of ‘The Outsiders,’ it stated that, “ … Johnny banged up

He may at times be afraid to stand up for himself but he is very courageous. One way Johnny shows courage is “We pushed open the door to the back room and found four or five little kids, about eight years old or younger, huddled in the corner. One was screaming his head off, and Johnny yelled, ‘’Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!” Page 92. This quote shows that Johnny is courageous because He went into a burning abandon church to save five or four kids that were about eight years old or younger. He risked his life to save those kids in the church. Another way how Johnny shows that he is a ‘’hero’’ is, “You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’’ ‘’Yeah.’’ His voice quavered slightly. “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade . . . they were gonna beat me up. . . .” Page.57. This quote shows Johnny being a ‘’hero’’. Johnny defended his friend before the group wanted to drown Ponyboy. Johnny took out his switchblade and killed Bob. The last example is “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.” This quote relates to how Johnny is brave because Johnny is always afraid to stand up for himself but he was brave enough to fight back and stand up for Cherry because Dally kept annoying Cherry and she

Johnny is portrayed in the novel as fearful and scared because he has been attacked multiple times by the Socs, the Greasers rivals. He also has an abusive home life, described by Ponyboy as “if it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never had known what love and affection are” (page 14) Johnny also shows this through his actions, by flinching at the sight of Bob after he was attacked, or his reaction to when he killed Bob, shocked at himself and pale. Johnny isn’t just seen as fearful though, as in the later chapters he is portrayed as

At the beginning of the novel, Johnny didn’t want anything to do with Negroes. He was racist and unkind to them. When he is captured by Cush, a Union soldier who also happens to be a Negro, he refused to follow his orders, only doing so in the end out of fear of what might happen to his family if he is killed. Later, when Cush wanted to learn how to read, seeing how he was never educated, Johnny refused at first, only giving in so that he could deliberately misinform Cush on some specific words, such as broke instead of brought, eagles instead of equal, and more. He didn’t see how Cush wasn’t that much different than himself.

In his ten years of living with her, he was abused, mentally and physically. He would get whipped, cut, beaten, shot, unfed, etc. then the children were not any better in the neighborhood. They would pick on him, insult him and his mother, beat him when he was alone. But there was one person who was there for him, that person was Officer Malley Jones. He was a well respected officer, and that went especially for Johnny, as one day when the other children were ganging up on Johnny, all

Johnny's personality changed throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, Johnny was immature. He was too full of himself and did not think before he spoke. By the end of the book, he was more mature. He became more humble and less easily angered. In chapter one, Johnny was overly proud and arrogant. Then, in chapter two, his hand got burnt and he lost his pride.

Johnny was kind of arrogant and he thought he was better than everybody, so his mouth got him in some trouble. When he burned his hand, he said too little about it and couldn’t find a job right away. Every time he tried for a job, he got rejected when they saw his hand. Also, whenever somebody offered to fix Johnny’s hand, he said no because he was embarrassed about it. He also said too much sometimes.

In this novel, Johnny Cade is represented as sensitive. As Ponyboy is describing Johnny to the reader, he says, “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him…” (12). Johnny’s parents could care less about his well-being. He despises his parents and doesn’t allow his mother to see him in the hospital for that reason. The gang also hates Johnny’s parents for how they treat Johnny. Johnny’s home life contributes to his sensitivity. Another example is when Cherry is talking with Ponyboy at the movies and she says, “Johnny…he’s been hurt bad sometime, hasn’t he?” (31). Cherry asks this question during her conversation with Ponyboy. Ponyboy’s response is the story of the time Johnny was jumped and severely injured by the Socs. While Johnny and Ponyboy are around Cherry and Marcia, Johnny tenses up because they are Socs. Talking to or being around Socs is a sensitive subject for Johnny as a result of his horrible experience with them. A final example of Johnny’s sensitivity would be when

As we all saw in the Outsiders, Johnny was abused physically and mentally. There are so many kinds of child abuse, or abuse in general, that we may not know we are being abused. Abusing isn’t only in actions, but in words and feelings too. Physical abuse is when someone non-accidently hurts you in a way that doesn’t make you comfortable or makes you feel that you are more of a slave than a human.