The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton: Character Analysis

Johnny is ponyboyś best friend who stays with him and sticks up for him no matter what, this portrays loyalty. We see the true extent of Johnnyś loyalty when the group of socs attack Pony and Johnny in the empty lot, as one the of the the boys is drowning Pony in the well Johnny stabbed Bob (the leader of the socs) to death in order to save Ponyboyś life. Johnny is caring for Pony when he talked to Pony in the empty lot after Darry had hit him, even though at home Johnnyś life is much worse, also Johnny showed his caring when he let Pony sleep on his shoulder after he cried himself to sleep in the abandoned church on Jay mountain. We learn alot from Johnnyś very humble actions, we learn to always stick up for your friends no matter what. Johnny is beaten at home and has a rough life, but he doesnt complain he just is an all around good guy. Johnny is very important in Ponyś life because he sticks with him

“I caught one quick look at his face, it was red-marked from falling embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me. He wasn’t scared either.” (Hinton 95) Ponyboy glances at Johnny to see his reaction to this current event at the church. He sees Johnny’s face sparked

Do you ever see the commercials for abused puppies and dogs? Well, Johnny Cade was like a sad, nervous puppy dog in the eyes of his friends. But as he was like this, he was very important to the plot in the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. So, after killing a Soc, Johnny who once was very cautious and apprehensive became more confident and humble while always thinking about others.

Fast forwarding to the part in the church, Johnny had run into the church for two reasons. One is that he wanted to help and the other is that he was going to keep Ponyboy safe no matter what happened and he did a great job of it.

Ponyboy talks about Johnny’s parents, “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him”(12). Johnny’s parents are always mauling and berating him, so he stays away from home as much as he can. The gang treats Johnny like a younger brother and cares for him because his parents

Johnny, who according to Ponyboy “couldn’t say ‘Boo’ to a goose” (Hinton 24), had just stood up to the toughest greaser in Tulsa. While this event stands as a testimony to Johnny’s growth as a character, an event at the park does as well. Another way Johnny developed in the story was when he saved his best friend from drowning. While he did have to take a life, this was a crucial point in his journey as he fought back. Earlier in his timeline, he had been jumped and beaten half to death by this same group.

To further explain, Johnny was very injured in the fire. He might even die, as he is suffering a broken back and 3rd degree burns. As a final point, when Johnny saves the kids, Ponyboy is very scared and upset as a

Ponyboy shows he’s a hero for helping Johnny in the text when, “I climbed over the barbed-wire fence without saying anything else”... “We killed time by reading Gone with the Wind and playing poker”... “We pushed open the door to the back room and found four or five little kids”... “I picked up a kid... I leaned out the window and dropped him”...

If an individual attempts to make something at least okay out of a horrible situation, he/she will eliminate the idea of everything always being terrible. Ponyboy grasps Gone With the Wind and scans the note which Johnny tucked inside like a little kid in bed. *He feels compelled to read it because he’s avoided it following Johnny’s death. The result of this tiny note being in the book ends up becoming Ponyboy feeling inspired by Johnny’s words.

I remember the day my dog died I thought I was never going to talk again and I thought I had a bad life but in story The Outsiders by S.E Hinton there are many charters that have harder lives than I can imagine. But 3 characters in this book had especially hard life's but the characters with the hardest life are Dallas Winston , Robert Shelton and Sodapop Curtis

Stereotyping plays a large role in the events of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders. The two main opposing groups, the Socs and Greasers, constantly face problems because of the stereotypes associated with their social groups. As seen in the novel, stereotypes and prejudice cause extreme and unnecessary conflicts. Both groups have predetermined opinions of the other, but as the story progresses, many of the characters begin to realize how similar the groups can be. The stereotypes observed in the novel can easily be compared to those in real life. Both the Greasers and the Socs share many of their opinions with the other members of their groups, and this leads to many misunderstandings. In fact, most of the conflicts in the novel are caused

“The headline: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES... Y’all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn’t turn all of a sudden. (pg 107” The day Ponyboy and Johnny went into save the little j=kids from the burning church, Ponyboy saw something in Johnny’s eyes. “That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without a defeated, suspicious look in his eyes. He looked like he was having the time of his life. (pg.92)” You could tell he liked saving the kids he felt good.

This is Ponyboy worrying about Johnny because he thinks Johnny is too sensitive, and worries that he could get hurt because. This quote clearly states that Ponyboy thinks Johnny is sensitive. Johnny is also tough, because he stands up to socs and pretends that they don’t bother him. He also is regularly beaten by his parents, but endure it all An example of this is: “He looked hard and tough, because of his black T-shirt and because his hair was heavily greased and so long.”(Hinton 63) Ponyboy comments on Johnny’s appearance, describing him as looking “hard” and “tough.” Another example of this is when Johnny and Ponyboy are fighting Bob and Randy: “Johnny had a blank, tough look on his face . . . maybe they could scare us to death, but we’d never let them have the satisfaction of knowing it.” (Hinton 55). This shows that even if Johnny was scared by the socs, he would never let it

This book showed the struggle between rich and poor. The two main groups of the story were the Socs and the greasers. The Socs are in the upper class while the greasers are the poor ones that dislike the Socs because they have more money, better cars, and act like they are better than the greasers. The Outsiders is a good story by S.E. Hinton that shows the struggles of growing up Hinton did a fine job with the character development, the plot, and the theme with a few flaws.

They were gonna beat me up. " The other quote was in chapter 6 which meant that Johnny is a hero because he cares about others because they helped him in the church and he doesn’t want them to get hurt and it says "I'm sure. It ain't fair for Ponyboy to have to stay up in that church with Soda and Darry worrying' about him all the time. "That ’s how Johnny is a