The Outsiders Character Analysis

Two boys, Johnny and Ponyboy, are our valiant heroes. Not even over the age of 18, two boys rescued 5 young children, who were no older than 8-years old. While bystanders watched and worried, only 2 from the crowd had courage to go save the children. They gallantly sprinted in a run as soon they heard children screaming in a burning church. According to our sources, Ponyboy was supposed to be in a boys’ home because his parents died when he was little. Instead of sent to a boys’ home, he was allowed stayed with his older brothers and they are his guardians, and they all stay together as long as they don’t do anything transgressive. A previous hearing at court confirms Ponyboy is not on the borderline of going

“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

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).

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two groups of kids the greasers and the Socs. The Socs are the rich kids who drive expensive cars and wear expensive clothes and the greasers are considered the bums. They don’t have money and they don’t get whatever they want, they also have to work extra hard to get to where they want to be. If you are considered a greaser you are a muffin and the Socs are the cupcakes. Everybody would prefer a cupcake over a muffin, but in this story two boys were just trying to protect themselves and they get into some trouble while doing it so, they hit the road. I am going to tell you about whether or not Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes.

Same with The Outsiders. Everything Ponyboy does is for a reason; his motive. Running into a flaming church is unique situation, but Ponyboy did for various reasons. There are several explanations for Ponyboy to run into what could have easily been his death. There is one clear reason why he ran into the fire. Ponyboy believed he started the fire, as he says when the event took place. "We were having a school picnic up here and the first thing we knew, the place is burning up. Thank goodness this is a wet season and the old thing is worthless anyway." Then, to the kids, he shouted, "Stand back, children. The firemen will be coming soon." "I bet we started it," I said to Johnny. "We must have dropped a lighted cigarette or something." When Ponyboy figured out he may have caused a fire he was not concerned. However, when he learned that children were missing, he immediately ran into a blaze of around 1100 degrees Fahrenheit (according to the National Institute of Fire Safety and Training), forgetting the fact that he had always smoked outside the church. After Robert Sheldon (known as Bob) was killed by Johnny, Ponyboy couldn’t bear to see another life lost because of him. Immediately he charged into the fire, fearing only one thing. Others losing their life because of something he may have created.

These boys were the last people, people suspected to be a hero. One way Ponyboy is a hero is because after the whole stuff with Johnny went down and Dally and Johnny ended up dieing . Also that him and his older brother Darry (the one who took care of him after his parents died) didn’t get along. One quote from the book that proves that they didn’t get along is. ”Nobody in my family had ever hit me.

The theme of chapter six in the Outsiders is self-sacrifice. Ponyboy was willing to take a risk and help the kids in the burning church. The author stated on page 91 “I wasn't about to go through that flaming door so I slammed a rock through the window and pulled myself in. ”this makes Ponyboy a risk taker and that is not what a greaser does. Ponyboy risked his life in this second quote because the church is falling

Ponyboy is caring because he is thoughtful. Towards the end of the story Ponyboy went to see Johnny while he was in the hospital. I think that Pony taking his time to visit Johnny while the brawl was about to happen showed Pony’s thoughtfulness. It is clear to see that Ponyboy cares about other people more than himself. He went to go visit Johnny in the hospital taking up his own time, Pony is being thoughtful. Maybe Johnny wanted someone to come visit because he felt lonely. Next, Pony showed his thoughtfulness when he risked his life to save the kids in the fire. On page 91 paragraph 8 Ponyboy said,”“I’ll get them don’t worry”I started for a dead charge for the church.” I think that this shows the reader that Ponyboy wants to put other people before himself and save the kids from the fire. Ponyboy is cleary thoughtful because he was willing to die to save other people's lives and he is willing to lose his own life. Ponyboy is caring because he was willing to spend his time doing stuff for other people and he is

Ponyboy and Johnny had risked their lives by running into the church to save the lives of the children out of guilt for starting the fire and to save innocent children. In the text a clear example would be that “I jerked loose and ran on. All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it!”(Hinton 91). Ponyboy’s motive was because he had felt that the fire started when he “dropped a lighted cigarette or something” (Hinton 91). On the other had Johnny had been motivated for a different reason. “It’s worth it. It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for.” (Hinton 178). This shows that the motive Johnny had was to save the children. He said that they had more to live for. They

Have you ever had two friends that are enemies? In the story, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Cherry Valance (her real name is Sherri) is a fashionable, fiery, red headed, emotional, understanding, and trustworthy friend. The story took place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, OK. Greasers and Socs are two very different, yet same groups, which most definitely do not get along. After Ponyboy and Johnny got jumped, Johnny killed Bob, a Soc who was also Cherry’s boyfriend. During Ponyboy and Johnny’s hiding out in an abandoned church, the church starts on fire, while the children are playing in there. Johnny and Ponyboy somehow made their way back in to save the kids. Johnny and Ponyboy both made it out alive. Unfortunately, however, Johnny gets out with severe burns and a broken back. While he is in the hospital, Cherry has a conflict with herself: she is asked by Ponyboy to go see Johnny in the hospital, but she says no because she doesn’t want to face the person who killed Bob. In the time of the trial, Cherry and other Soc’s testify and come clean about the night of the stabbing. Consequently, since they told the truth, Johnny, Sodapop, and Darry all got to stay together. Cherry Valance is an emotional, caring, and trustworthy friend.

His greatest heroic achievement was saving the children from the burning church on Jay Mountain. Ponyboy yelled to the children's teacher, “I’ll get them, don’t worry!” and immediately rushed into the church to rescue them. This demonstrated Ponyboy's courage because he disregarded his own safety out of concern for the kids. Ponyboy also showed heroism when he ran away with Johnny.

14 year old Ponyboy Curtis, 16 year old Johnny Cade, and 19 year old Dallas Winston saved a group of children going on a field trip for a picnic at a small church. Suddenly at 1:00 p.m, all the kids were going on with their day and flames started bursting out. That’s when Ponyboy, Dally (Dallas), and Johnny started to make their move. Ponyboy broke a glass window and jumped right through it, with Johnny following after and went on in. “There were about four or five little kids, about eight years old or younger, huddled in a corner” stated Ponyboy Curtis. The fire was letting out cinders and embers flying all over the place. One by one, the kids stuck in the church were getting dropped from a window to hurry to safety. Following them, was

The boys were returning from lunch out when they saw that the church was aflame. They went to talk to a school teacher and he explained that they were having a school picnic when they saw the church. Everyone around heard screaming inside so Ponyboy and Johnny gallantly ran inside to save whoever it was. They found where the screaming came from and threw the unharmed kids out of the window, but got into some trouble themselves. Ponyboy made it out with a concussion and a couple burns. Johnny, however, had a burning timber fall on his back, paralyzing him and many 3rd-degree burns which unfortunately killed him. He died a hero,

The author shows Ponyboys instincts when the church starts on fire. Ponyboys says, “But he never heard Dally’s answer, for we had reached the top of Jay Mountain and Dally suddenly slammed on the brakes.” This quote defines how Ponyboy makes a rash decision to go and save the kids on Jay Mountain, even before Dally has stopped the car. After leaving the car, Ponyboy makes another rash decision trying to save the children in the fire. After the children are free and Pony and Johnny are exiting the church a beam falls on Johnny, Ponyboys says, “Then I heard Johnny scream, as I went back for him.” Ponyboys instincts are brought out greatly in this quote, the author almost makes it seem as if it is second nature to Ponyboy to help save people, leading to the next characteristic of

Towards the middle of the story, a boy named Johnny had killed a Soc that was drowning Ponyboy. He and Ponyboy fled the city to another town, and hid in an abandon church there for a week. When they were going to leave, they realized the church was on fire and there was kids trapped inside. Johnny and Pony were good friends and they decided to go help the children. After they rescued the children, they had to escape the burning, ravaged building. A flaming, steaming hot beam from the ceiling fell on Johnny. After this happened, Pony passed out, “ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost