Summary Of Johnny Tremain

In the beginning of the novel, we learn about Johnny Cade - a quiet boy who is haunted by his past. A short time ago, Johnny was beaten senseless by a bunch

While at a movie theater, Dally is antagonizing and annoying several Soc girls. Johnny stands up to Dally, his hero, and states, “‘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’” (24). It took all of Johnny’s bravery to stand up to his absolute idol. He was willing to stand up to a dangerous boy that could easily defeat him in a fight, to save others. Not only this, but when a church is burning down with children inside, Ponyboy states, ”Johnny wasn't behaving at all like his old self. ... he grinned at me. He wasn't scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (92). Johnny gives his own life for kids who have futures. He charges into the church at full speed when necessary. Johnny becomes brave in the middle of the

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

After Johnny had killed a boy in self defense and went hiding here is a few things that had happened. In the book they didn´t know where Jay Mountain was so they

The conflict intensifies with Johnny having his hand burnt. After his hand is burned, Johnny goes around town, storming into shops, and demanding a job. When they asks to see his hand, he shoves it in their face. It takes a lot for Johnny to get over this, including Rab showing Johnny that he has worth. It ended when Johnny became like Rab and stood up in the war.

At this point in the story, we find out that her husband was going to die from his wounds. When Johnny leaves on the wagon train to deliver supplies to the Confederates, there was no one at home besides the children, 8 and 6, to help her around the house. The whole burden of taking care of the house, will fall to her.

Everyone has a courageous moment in their life, but Johnny has multiple moments where he shows a true act of courage. The first event that shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would get him in trouble with the police, but he took the chance. “ You really killed him, huh, Johnny ?...

* A church gathering (including dockworkers) is held to find out who murdered Joey. Terry is sent by Johnny to rat them out.

The Lapham family betrayed Johnny, just because of Johnny’s hand that was burned while making a teapot for John Hancock. Before the incident, Mrs. Lapham use to treat Johnny very well, proper and as a gifted person in her family. After the incident Mrs. Lapham called Johnny a useless person that is only good for picking up rags and virtually told Johnny to get out of the house. Johnny was even betrayed by his own family and the proof was a silver cup that the entire family knew about. After leaving the Lapham family, being jobless, and starving Johnny decided to use his last resort, which was the silver cup that was given to him by his mother. The entire family rejected Johnny when they were in private, and in court without any sympathy, even though the Lyte family knew Johnny’s case about his dead mother. Jonathan Lyte, a very wealthy, successful, and popular merchant in Boston, accused Johnny of stealing one of the cups that belong to Jonathan Lyte. Luckily during the case, Cilla was there to support Johnny. According to Jonathan Lyte, someone stole one of his silver cups in August, however Johnny Tremain had showed the silver cup to Cilla on July. That proves that Johnny did not steal Jonathan Lytes silver cup and the silver cup belonged to Johnny Tremain. Johnny was betrayed by his own family, which pretended that they never knew him. Close to the end when the Lyte family were leaving Boston, going back London, Lavinia Lyte, Jonathan Lyte’s daughter, admitted that Johnny Tremain was part of their

When Johnny was maturing, he began to bear appreciation for certain things. One of the things he started to treasure was the smocks his mother had made for him. Before, Johnny had not recognized the love that had gone into their creation. When he was young, he would be too proud to even put those smocks on. However, now that he has grown, he saw the smocks in a whole new light. When getting a smock in the attic to give to Pumpkin, a British soldier who wants to desert the army, Johnny started to adore them for he finally was able to see that his mother’s love went into making these

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

Owen and Johnny travel to Boston to find answers concerning Tabby’s secret life away from Gravesend. They first find the store Johnny's mother purchased a bold red dress from. She claimed that the store had burned down and she could not return the dress. The store had not in fact closed down, which prompted the boys to ask “why she bought the dress?” (353.) The boys kept searching until they found Johnny’s mother's old musical teacher who explained everything to them later in the novel. This is not the only mystery involved within A Prayer for Owen Meany. The identity of Johnny’s dad is kept a mystery until the very end of the novel. Exactly who Johnny’s dad was always fascinated the boys, and Owen was so sure that “god knew who my father was” and that “God would identify him to me” when the time was right. Owen was correct because after Owen had passed and Johnny was meeting with Reverend Mr. Merrill God presented Johnny his father. God spoke through Mr. Merrill and said to open a desk drawer that had “the ball that Owen Meany hit” and there was Johnny’s

In contrast to the removed Johnny shown early on, after the realization that he endangered several children, he boldly rushed to assist. After killing Bob in self-defense, Johnny bolts with Ponyboy to an abandoned church in the countryside. However, after presumably dropping a lighted cigarette, the church ignites in a blaze of fumes. Realizing there are children in the flaming church, Johnny and Ponyboy dart to aid. During the calamity, Ponyboy realizes that, “Johnny had been right behind me all the way” as he slips through a broken window and into the fiery church and notes that, “Johnny wasn’t behaving at all like his old self...That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (92).

To begin with, Johnny stabs Bob, the Soc, with his switchblade because Bob was about to brutally beat Johnny up with his rings on his bare hands and his hurtful words from his crude, deceptive mouth. Johnny also stabs Bob because Bob’s gang was trying to drown Ponyboy, so if he was able to stab Bob then his nasty and cruel gang would leave Ponyboy alone. When Johnny stabs Bob, his plan ends up working and the other socs runaway because they got frightened at the sight of Johnny stabbing and killing their what used to be alive friend. “ I killed him, he said slowly. I killed that boy. (56)” Johnny says this to Ponyboy as he awakens; coughing up water from nearly being drowned by Bob’s gang. When the socs runaway they go and try to find police. Because of this, Johnny and Ponyboy now have to run away in order for them not to be caught and punished by

Johnny’s internal issues are as equally grievous as his external issues. He practically raised his siblings since he was six years old, and started to work in factories when he was seven. Due to his early start transferring to adulthood, he never really had the chance to experience a jovial and enjoyable childhood. Johnny “had been robbed of a large part of that playtime by being compelled to take care of [his siblings] … he had fallen the part of little mother and father as well” (8). Johnny does not have any pleasurable memories to look back on and confirm that his upbringing readied him to steadily transition to adulthood. His mother is not a major help in his life, consequently making him uphold both roles of provider and supporter when it comes to his family. With no time for himself, it was evident in Johnny’s face that “there was no joyousness in him…