Personal Narrative-Johnny's Eulogy

While Johnny lay on his deathbed he writes his final act of heroism. In Johnny’s last breaths, he writes a letter to Pony. Pony read the letter from Johnny, “It’s worth saving those kids. There lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” (Hinton 178). Basically, he said saving the kids was worth the pain, and that he feels that their lives are worth more than his. This act of heroism shows that Johnny is not afraid of dying and he is willing to save others even if he doesn’t personally know

Johnny didn’t want to die. He felt like he hadn’t done enough and lived long enough. He was only sixteen years old. Johnny felt like it wasn’t fair.

The rain had just stopped pouring, and we had all gathered in a park nearby, as a makeshift memorial for Johnny. It wasn’t really a funeral, we didn’t have the budget for that, and it wasn’t like his parents cared enough to give him a proper goodbye.

On 09/12/2016, I Deputy Daniel Pruitt was dispatched to 52455 West Highway 16 for an unattended death compliant. I arrived on scene st 6:45pm and meet with Creek County EMS unit 40.

We all went to Dally and Johnny’s funeral. It was a very sad time for all of us. As greasers we aren’t supposed to cry, we are supposed to be tough and cool, to show the greasers we aren’t scared of them. But Dallas and Johnny were our family, we did a lot together. Johnny never really had a family after he told us what he went through at home when his parents always fought and beat him. Right after the funeral ended we all went to our place and just hung out watching Mickey Mouse on Disney. No one said a word about Johnny or Dally. We were to used to having Dally around to make us laugh, or Johnny around just to know we helped him have an actual family.

Having everything happen at the park, none of that would’ve happened If Ponyboy or Johnny didn’t run away from their homes. They could’ve stayed at other friends homes or asked for help from Dally. By killing another man Johnny died because he was always trying to help everything and save everyone. Johnny said as Ponyboy woke up near a dead and bloody body “I killed him”. This relates to my thesis because later on risking his life to save someone else really bites him back. Life isn’t always about saving other people, sometimes you have to save yourself

Johnny had an abusive relationship with his parents. According to Ponyboy he says: “He would have run away…” (12). Johnny hasn’t had an easy life, his parents do not pay much attention to him and are verbally and physically abusive to him. Also, because of him being a Greaser he got beaten very badly by the Socs. In Johnny’s case he was used to being abused by his parents but after the Socs got a hold of him he saw that abuse is bad, and after almost being beaten to death he lived in fear every day. Johnny never hurts other people but when he sees others being mistreated he steps in. “I killed him”, he said slowly, “I killed that boy” (49). In this quote, Ponyboy is telling what Johnny told him after he killed Bob. Because of the Socs drowning Ponyboy, Johnny feels angry for what they were doing so he lets anger take over and he kills Bob. Later in the book, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally help save the kids from the church fire. Johnny gets hurt and has to go to the hospital. In this hospital Johnny mentions “It was worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” ( ). Johnny realizes that the best thing he could have done was save those children, even if it meant losing his life. Because of the violence that he faced at home and with the Socs he was ok with dying because he saved the children’s

After Johnny and Ponyboy ran away from home, they were in the park right near the water fountain. The socs decided they wanted to get revenge on the greasers that were talking to their girlfriends. And johnny had a great look of terror on his face when the Socs arrived. “Johnny was scared to death. I mean it.

The first thing that ponyboy or even the characters in the story went through was the night when PonyBoy and Johnny went out and Ponyboy stayed out past curfew. One of the Socs named Bob was drunk that night and was mad at the same time because a couple nights before Bob's girlfriend Cherry was hanging out with Ponyboy and Johnny. Bob acted out in anger and tried to drown Ponyboy in the fountain that was in the park. Johnny acted out in self defence and stabbed Bob to where he bled to death right there in the park. “He was sitting next to me, one elbow on his knee, and staring straight ahead. He was a greenish-white, and his eyes were brighter than I have ever seen them ‘I killed him,’ He said slowly ‘I killed him.’ (Hinton 56) What's happening when Johnny says this is he is

I jumped into the t-bird car and rushed to the rumble because I can never miss a fight. If you know me I was one of the best fighters of all time, to this day I have never lost a fight. We got to the rumble and here come the socs in there blue mustang, they hop out of there car and it was on. Everyone started fighting each other so I jumped in and started hitting people, the socs got scared and they forfeited and the greasers won the fight. ran to there car and . We jumped in the T-bird and were gone. We got to the hospital and johnny was laying there on his last breathe. We told him we won the fight and he smiled and was gone. I was so confused because I thought that it was all just a dream. Johnny was the only person that I loved out of everyone.

After doing so much good, the burns took a toll on him and he passed away. After killing the Soc, Johnny became overcome with a feeling of guilt. He observes: “I killed a kid last night. He couldn't of been over seventeen or eighteen, and I killed him. How'd you like to live with that?"(64).

He was always there for Francie and now she has no one left to look out for her. Johnny was always there to take the kids out if he felt it was necessary, such as taking them out fishing. The trip might not have been such a success, but it was the thought that counts. Johnny was loved dearly so much by the kids they will not call Katie's new husband father. This is because no matter how much time passes they will always want their true father. The kids had a big place in their heart for him and that will never change. Another thing that will be different is Johnny's imagination and therefore affect the kids creativity. With the death of the kids father they are forced to see how the world really is. They do not have anyone to sing songs and tell them that it is all going to be alright. An example is Francie not being able to go to school. Johnny wished that Francie would be able to stay in school and that Neely would not have to, but Katie has other plans. Eventually Francie is even able to go back, but does not because she knows too much from the war. Another thing is Francie must bottle up her emotions because Johnny is not there to talk to her. Holding up your emotions is not good on a person, but Francie will not talk to her mother and Neely is turning into his father to get rid of the hurt. Neely like his father is a singer, but does not drink alcohol. The kids both have to grow up fast and they miss their father more than anyone. The death of Johnny had one of the biggest impacts on Neely and Francie as they were forced to grow

An outsider is not a specific group of people. Some would think that the greasers were the outsiders. But really it could be the socs too. I think that greasers or socs can be an outsider. For example Ponyboy is an outsider but so is Cherry. I think that she was trying to get the point that we shouldn’t give each other labels. We need to accept everyone as who they are. For example Cherry is identified as a soc but she still feels like an outsider. She doesn’t like the fighting and she has a good heart. Another example would be that Johnny is an outsider because he is not like anyone else in his gang. He is shy and jumpy. But also he still has a good heart. I think the point Hilton was trying to get through is that we aren’t all so different

The three significant events that impacted the overall story are the death of Ponyboy's parents, Johnny killing a member of the Soc Gang, and the death of Johnny. One major event that impacted the plot was the car crash. Throughout the story, it's mentioned how the parents of Ponyboy (the protagonist) died in a car accident. This left Ponyboy and Sodapop (Ponybody's second brother) in the care of Darry (Ponyboy's older brother). This has significance as it led to those three joining the “Greasers Gang.”

The next few months flew by quickly as everyone involved in Johnny’s and the DeSoto’s life adjusted to the permanence of the situation. It wasn’t long after his Uncle Roy and Aunt Joanne told him that how he was would be with them forever and that they would be able to do a sort of adoption with him in a few months. Johnny lit up at that and trusted the family even more. Knowing he was where he’d always be seemed to help with Johnny’s comfort level and his ability to cope grew quickly. Soon, between the work that the NAMI group was inadvertently doing and the teaching Joanne was doing, he was venturing out in the world.