Johnny Moral Character Analysis

To begin, Johnny is innocent for the murder of Bob concidering that Bob was killing Johnny’s third party Ponyboy, leaving Johnny to use self defence. “ ‘I had

In The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, Johnny Cade is a very dynamic character that was referred to as a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, but is yet known as a happy go lucky type of kid. Johnny’s parents didn’t care about what he did, his father was abusive, and his mother just doesn’t care what he does unless he does something wrong, then she would yell at him. Johnny is the life of the gang, even though he is the most quiet and shy. Throughout the story the book shows how people helped him and how he helped others, including Ponyboy. Johnny Cade was 16, had long, jet black bangs, and has big black eyes. Johnny was a greaser that didn’t like to fight, but would if it came down to it. Johnny is a jumpy kid, he is always on the lookout for a group of Socs (a rival gang) that are ready to jump him. One night Johnny and Ponyboy met these girls, Cherry, and Marcia. They saw a movie together and when it was over they walked them home. As they were walking home, a car came around, and it was a group of Socs. Johnny looked worried because it was the same people that had jumped him. All they did was picked up the girls and didn’t say a word.

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

When Johnny grew up he moved to earth. When he moved to earth, he went to North America,

Many of us readers would agree that after reading Tim O’Brien’s “In the Lake of the Woods” we find John Wade’s behavior more than unusual as he would do some unusual things such as burning plants with boiling water while saying “Kill Jesus”, and have flashbacks. Most readers would wonder how a psychologist would diagnose John Wade. Based on his behavior, John Wade would probably be diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any life-threatening event which results in psychological trauma. Wade’s diagnoses would affect O’Brien’s implicit argument as anyone that has a perfect or normal life can be ruined by PTSD.

In the beginning of the novel, it demonstrates that not only is Johnny “doomed” to remember Owen, but shows that his past continues to haunt him; although, he gains faith, the tragic events shape him into a whole different person (1). The beginning of the novel also shows that within

In this short story by Tim O’Brien, Lieutenant Jimmy cross leads a platoon of men in the Vietnam War. Unable to keep his thoughts from his unrequited love interested, Martha, Cross allowed his platoon to become lax in their duties and mentally removed from the war. The conflict arises when one of his men, Ted Lavender, is killed on a mission. The conflict is resolved when Lieutenant Cross abandons his youthful fantasy world for the reality of the war he is living in. Cross finds new purpose in the vigilant leadership of his men.

Finally, one of the most evident misconceptions Johnny has is the one of himself due to the knowledge no one shares with him. He does not know about his true identity, and no one in his life will give him any answers. In all, this misconception is the most impacting on Johnny's life as he wishes to know here he came from. The two people he holds closest to him can grant this wish but never do. Johnny doesn't find out about the truth of his father until his mom and Owen Meany have passed away. Owen says through Reverend Merrill and then Johnny narrates, "'LOOK IN THE THIRD DRAWER, RIGHT-HAND SIDE,' God said. And there was the ball that Owen Meany hit; and there was my wretched father, asking me to forgive him" (Irving 479). This

The story told from Ponyboy’s perspective, tells how Johnny evolved from a poor abused kid to a murderer to a refugee, ending with a local hero. “His father clobbered him around a lot, and although it made us madder

So what happens when Johnny stands up to Dallas, Dallas was messing with two girl socs, named Cherry and Marcia. He was saying some really dirty things to the girls and Johnny stood up for Cherry and Marcia. I do not think it will affect their friendship because in the book on page 24-25 it says “ Johnny was the gang’s pet, if it were anyone else in the group other than Johnny they would be smashed, but Dallas just could not hurt Johnny. No one in the gang could.” And so far in the story where I am at they have been friends. it also says in the story on page 24-25 “ Johnny was Dallas pet too, he was mainly Dallas pet.”

The story is told as Johnny narrates it, looking back on his childhood, and he includes any stories he believes are important to understanding the development of himself and Owen. While telling these stories, he constantly changes the part of his childhood he is talking about. Besides the sudden jumps in years, Johnny also skips over days or even weeks at once, not bothering to explain what happened during that time. At one point, he is talking about how he could see Owen “was at least as high as the palm trees” (Irving 626). In the very next sentence, he skips presumably weeks ahead, to talk about how “Major Rawls saw to it that Owen Meany got a medal” (Irving 626). Time being nonlinear is an aspect of magical realism, and with all the jumps and skips, the timeline is very strange and a little difficult to piece together. The jumping of time also plays into the theme of fate a little, as fate is all about the future. Telling the future before previous events are explained makes the reader feel like Owen, knowing some of the future but not the events that lead up to it. Not knowing information is also an aspect of magical realism, and several major subplots involve the past the author keeps hidden. For two-thirds of the book, and ten years of his life, Johnny does not know who his father is, or what unspeakable outrage the Catholic church

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny is introduced and developed as scared and afraid, though his actions. Johnny killed bob, he killed him in self-defense. Dally sent Johnny and Ponyboy to the church to hide them from the police then Dally sent the police toward Texas to look for Johnny and Ponyboy. Johnny was attacked by Socs when he was younger and since then he carries a switchblade with him, and he is timid and scared. On page 34 it says, “Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn't think he'd ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade.” Johnny got scared so now he tries to be a very good person and always stays with someone,

Johnny Tremain is the orphaned apprentice of a silversmith in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1773, a time of tension and uncertainty. He is the nephew of a very wealthy and powerful merchant named Jonathan Lyte, but that is a secret only known to Mr. Lapham’s daughter Priscilla. Before his mother died, she entrusts him with her christening cup, which proves his relation to the Lyte family, but she warns him never to go to his uncle, unless “God Himself has forsaken you.” When Johnny breaks the Sabbath while trying to fulfill an order his old master was not able to complete, he ends up burning his hand. After the accident, he is unable to move his right hand, and, therefore, he is no longer wanted as an apprentice. Since he cannot find a job,

Heroes. We see them in TV shows, movies, books, and sometimes in our everyday lives. They don’t always have superpowers nor always wear a costume. Some heroes have long hair, smoke, and were born on the “Wrong side of the tracks”. “The Greasers proved to be the heroes in the story, not the beloved Socs. The Greasers who showed the most heroism are Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and Darrel Curtis”. In my opinion, a hero is someone who does heroic, selfless, and noble acts that could harm themselves but benefit others. All three of these boys displayed these characteristics and are definitely my heroes.

Living in a world without morals—or more specifically, moral consequences—may seem ideal to some. But is this realistic? In his novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson addresses the dangers of trying to live in a world of extreme morals or living in a world with no morals. In order to continue existing, there must be a balance between the two. The character’s Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Utterson each experience some part of Freud’s tripartite psyche, displaying what happens when there is a lack of balance and why that balance is so crucial: Dr. Jekyll represents the superego; Mr. Hyde represents the id; and Mr. Utterson represents the ego, the fundamental balance of the mind.