Johnny In The Outsiders

The Outsiders is a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton. The book was first published in 1967 by The Viking Press. Today, the book is published under Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group. The book has a total of a hundred and eighty pages. The Outsiders fits in the genre of young-adult fiction because it relates to teens on emotional levels. Like Ponyboy, the teen protagonist of the story, teens relate to his emotional growth as he tries to piece his life together. The story follows a rivalry in a socially divided community. The Greasers are a gang of teenage boys who live on the east side of town; the wrong side of town. Their rivals, the Socials, better known as the Socs; come from the wealthier side of town. The two groups are always head to head with one another, seeking a fight. Ponyboy belongs to the Greasers. He is the youngest out of the three brothers in his family. Apart from his brothers, Ponyboy hangs out with Johnny, Dallas, Two-Bit and others who are also Greasers. The rivalry between the two groups heightens when Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, in an attempt to save Ponyboy from drowning. In this book report, I will go through the meaning of this book and my opinion on the story itself.

The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there is a significant impact on the characters resulting in an alteration of their values and attitudes. Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny experience these changes due to the death of Bob the Soc and the chain of events that follow.

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a book that is full of excitement, adventure, and real-life situations. The book starts out in the daily life of a 16-year-old boy named Ponyboy. He is a part of a group called “greasers” that battle with “socs” daily. The greasers are usually poor and the socs are usually rich. One night, Ponyboy and his friend, Johnny, are walking when they get jumped by a group of socs. One of them is attempting to drown Ponyboy in a fountain, but Johnny saves his friend and kills the soc with a switchblade. They quickly run to Dally to explain what happened. He gives the boys a gun, $50, and a place to hide. They jump on a train and hide out in an abandoned church. They stay in that church for a couple weeks, then Dally

Johnny is represented in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton, published in 1967, as shy and anxious, however is later shown to be brave and courageous, giving himself up to save others. Johnny is seen as honourable and as a protagonist, only committing crimes, such as murder, to protect himself and his best friends. This helps the readers interact with the novel because it shows the stress of being a greaser, and how the greasers have a difficult life, being attacked on the streets and abused at home. This is made evident through his dialogue, action and reactions. It represents the key theme in the novel of brotherhood and the gang because Johnny shares a closer bond with his friends, the greasers, than he does with his parents.

As a young adult, it is difficult to grow up without parents and still be tough and brave. In addition, teens can be emotional and overreact at times. In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, a fourteen-year-old kid named Ponyboy Curtis feels different emotions that make him stand out from other Greasers, or “hoodlums”. Ponyboy, the youngest of all the Greasers, is a great example of a teen who feels isolated, brave, and emotional throughout the novel.

The Outsiders is a Novel set in the 1960’s that explains the divide between people with similarities and differences. The book explains life as it was in the past, is in the present, and will be in the future. It talks about the rift between different people in society and their social classes. Every rift must try to be changed by someone for the benefit of society, and that person is exalted as a hero. There are many heroes in the outsiders, but the biggest hero is Ponyboy because he was empathetic to others, quick to think and act, and stands strong and moves forward to overcome challenging events in life that seem impossible to overcome.

• Johnny Cade – 16, beaten up by Socs before beginning of novel, idolizes Dally

“The Outsiders” is by far one of my favorite books of all time. I think it’s a great story that tells about how a fourteen-year-old boy overcomes many challenges and learns how to get through each of them individually. “The Outsiders” is a story about a boy named Ponyboy that lives with his two older brothers, and they have a group of friends, called the Greasers. One day Pony gets upset with his older brother, Darry, and goes to a park with his friend Johnny to calm down. At the park, a group of kids, called Socs, come and start drowning Pony. Johnny gets scared and doesn’t know what to do so he kills one of the Socs. Soon after, Pony and Johnny decide to run away so they wouldn’t have to deal with

The book, and the movie, “the Outsiders” is about a conflict between greasers and socs. Up until the point where Johnny kills a soc, there are mostly only small fights and arguments between the two. The story “the Outsiders” takes place in the 1960’s, when there were two main lifestyles. Greasers and Socs. Greasers are known for greasing their hair. Socs are rich kids who have good clothes, drive mustangs, and always have an argument against the greasers. The main character in S. E. Hinton’s book “the Outsiders” is Ponyboy Curtis. He has two older brothers Darry and Soda. Pony is 14 years old and his best friend, Johnny, is 16 years old. S. E. Hinton wrote “the Outsiders” when she was 17 years old. Her book was published in 1967. The

Throughout the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, one of the most controversial characters is Johnny Cade. Johnny, Ponyboy’s close friend and the gang’s “pet” is described in many ways and with many traits . However, there are three main ones that seem to be the most prominent. They are brave, tough, sensitive. Johnny is both brave and tough, but he is also sensitive. He often hides his sensitivity by acting cool and uncaring around non-gang members. Johnny is sensitive, for example, about his parents. “Johnny didn’t say anything. But he stared at the dashboard with such hurt bewilderment that I could have bawled.” (Hinton 88). This is Johnny’s reaction after Dally told Johnny that Johnny’s parents have not asked about him. Johnny is very hurt by this fact, so he obviously cares what his parents think of him, even though they don’t necessarily care about Johnny.

It all started when Ponyboy decided to run into a burning church with Johnny to save some kids. Johnny and Ponyboy acted fast, faster than they had ever before. They saved all the kids just in time, Ponyboy ran right out of the church and never looked back once. Until he was out, he was so fast that he didn’t even see that he was on fire. Out of nowhere, Dally hit him as hard as he could to put the fire out. Ponyboy fainted. (“I hadn’t realized Johnny was right behind me all the way.”) (Pg.91,92). A loud “Ahhhhh” hit everyone's ear, it was Johnny. Dally heard it and jumped into action. He ran back into the church to save Johnny. Seconds after the ambulance came, it took Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally to the hospital. Dally and Ponyboy were going to be fine. Sadly, Johnny was hurt really bad and was probably going to end up

The outsiders by S.E. Hinton is an action thrilling book that’s about a gang of greasers. The main character is a 14-year-old boy named ponyboy his two brother darry and soda are raising him because his parents were in an auto wreck. In this book there is a rival between the richer boy named socs and the lower class called greasers. One night ponyboy falls asleep in a parking lot with johnny his friend from his gang and when they wake up it’s really late so pony runs home and his oldest brother darry was worried sick and yelled at ponyboy and ponyboy snaps and get johnny to run with him they plan to run away but they change their minds and go to a park and while they are there a drunk group of soc come and start to fight the boys and the ponyboy

The author in The Outsiders has a variety of characters that she uses to explain her backlife. Such as Ponyboy, Darry, SodaPop, Johnny, Dallas, Two-bit and Steve. All of these characters have different and unique personalities. Ponyboy is good at recognizing these personalities. This makes Ponyboy the mature one of the group. Withstanding the death of his parents make him stronger as a person. This helps him value his family more, since he lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop.

The Outsiders is a great book that is filled with some drama and action. A town in Oklahoma is split apart, there are the greasers and socs. These are two gangs that don’t like each other at all, and one of them is Ponyboy. Ponyboy is a greaser, him and the rest of his gang are being jumped and hurt by the socs. Finally they get sick of it. He will be the one that tells you the story.

The Outsiders by S. E. Hilton, is about a teenage gang and their life. Most of the story is told from the point of a 14 year old boy, Ponyboy. The book closely describes teenage problems and decisions of