The Outsiders Monologue

Living the way that Johnny did, he did something great in his life. He didn’t deserve to die, but he died a hero and not everyone in the town where the greasers lived agree. Johnny lived in a world where he was probably scared every time he walked around town and that flat out sucks. He didn’t have the best family life, but he had Dally and that was pretty great because Dally loved Johnny. “Why can I take it when Dally can’t? And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone.” (Hinton pg. 152).

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.

After being escorted by the police to the hospital me and Ponyboy dashed with excitement to Johnny’s room. Before we could get even an inch in the door the doctor stopped us in our tracks. The doctor said “he is dying”. Before I could think I pulled out two-bit's switchblade. I wasn't going to let some punk doctor keep me from seeing my friend. Instead of what I thought the doctor was going to do he let us see Johnny.

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.

 Before he died, he was attacked by a Soc, Johnny almost died after the Soc attacked him but the Greasers came and saved him.  That is another reason why being with the Greasers is a life accomplishment because they help you when you need help.  Johnny is quiet, but when he needs to talks, he will talk when he is protecting someone.  The Greasers don’t scare him because he was attacked by a Soc and every time they scare him, he remembers what happened to him.  The Greasers think of Johnny as a lost puppy in a

I listened intently as Ponyboy explained that it was almost four months ago when Johnny was jumped by a gang of socs with a blue Mustang. I flinched at that detail because Bob’s friend had a blue mustang that they would always cruise around in. I told myself it was just a coincidence. I kept on listening as he described that Johnny had been scratched up and bruised by a guy with a lot of rings on his hand. I could hear Ponyboy’s disgust in his voice. I paused at that. I was sure that I had gone completely pale and that Ponyboy noticed because he paused to look at

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

The Johnny gasped and turned white as a ghost then red with rage. While all of the other boys were looking at the Ponyboy who was drowning, Johnny pulled a knife out of his back pocket, I gasped I knew what he was going to do seconds before he did it. “Wait!” I screamed, but the boy didn’t even acknowledge me. I turned around, I couldn’t watch. This reminded me too much of Yaqui beating me up, but this was different, these boys fought unlike we did. The way we fought it wasn’t killing each other or anything like that, but it was almost worse. Being humiliated in front of the whole school. Both Ponyboy and I got hurt though mine was both mentally and physically. The only other thing that I could see that connected our two lives was that we both fought back. Well actually Johnny fought for Ponyboy, but it’s pretty much the same, in the end the bullies both got what they deserved. No, that’s not true, nobody (even Yaqui Delgado) deserves to die. By the time I turned back around the boys were driving away in their car and the boy who had been killed was slumped on the ground not moving. The other boy; Johnny was helping to pull his friend; Ponyboy out of the water

Although Johnny retreats occasionally back in the present, Johnny’s life as a Canadian citizen shows a hint of ambiguity in terms of his emotional stability. His feelings of bitterness and hatred show signs of depression which ties into his hallucination of Owen in his grandmother’s basement. Johnny feels “a small, strong hand” pull him “forward from where” he stands and hears “Owen’s voice” say “DON’T BE AFRAID” because “NOTHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO” him (517). His hallucination of Owen plays a role in his loss of doubt whereas he sees this also as a miracle. Losing a loved one can cause great signs of grief and takes effort for someone to overcome depression. Death has the capability of testing one’s faith, which in Johnny’s,

Did Johnny Cade mean to kill the young Soc or was it just his natural instinct? I believe that all of this was just Johnny’s natural instinct for him to do to save his friend Pony who was being drowned in the ice cold water fountain. First of all they are all a gang and stand up for each other. Also, the boys were out numbered by 2-5 by the Socs. Lastly, Johnny has been through a lot from a violent home life and has also been hurt badly by them before.

If Johnny would have stayed when he went back into the Meany’s home for the hat, i feel the things Owen's mother would have said kinda go like this. I'm sorry about your poor mother, I feel bad for your loss and Owen’s. I wasn't there for Owen like she was, i don't talk much because the burden of not being his mother hurts me. Owen is a good kid and very bright, he needs people like you and your mother in his life, right now he only has you. Please be there for him johnny he needs a good friend, he might seem strong but he needs a good friend. I also feel bad because he doesn’t get very many things besides his small valuables like the armadillo. He may not have many items of money value but he is very knowledgeable about his faith and schooling.

Johnny was talking to friends in front of his house when he saw a car he thought he recognized. He waves hysterically but gets no response. It is obviously not who he thought it was, and he continues walking with friends. The car followed, the driver got out, and fired a gun into the air. Scared and afraid everyone began to scatter; the shooter took aim hitting running Johnny in the back. Johnny was confused to what had just happened, trying to make sense of the shooting and why he couldn’t get up. Everyone figured the only reason he was shot to begin with was because he was black, or simply gang related. In rehab, Johnny never cries and doesn’t try to depend on his family to get things done. He just works to become independent again doing whatever he is told. He has changed drastically, even with how he would act in certain situations. In the final section, it goes back to Johnny laying in the road bleeding and paralyzed. He watches his would-be murderer come to stand over him tell him the reason why he shot him is simply because he waved at

I watched as Ponyboy and Johnny conversed about everything and anything. His health, the rest of the gang, the world, and their future. Every time I heard Johnny talk about his future or about his injuries, I choked up. I had a part of me feeling that made me feel for him. As a low school bully I had never felt this, but I heard of the feeling called empathy I was experiencing now. I realized that I have never had any real friends or family the cared for me. Thinking back on everything I had done to Piddy I am appalled it was me who did those acts. As Ponyboy was trying not to cry every time he spoke to Johnny on his hospital bed I flinched. Watching what I thought to be one of their last encounters before he died. Johnny said, “I’m pretty bad off, ain't I, Pony?” and I lost it, I’ve never

Johnny Cade was a troubled sixteen-year-old boy. His folks wanted nothing to do with him. He was in a gang called "Greasers." The Greasers were a group that always stuck together. They have the true meaning of brotherhood. The Socs., a gang from the West Side, were always out to get them. One day, the Socs. took it way too far. Johnny was just walking home, by himself, when five Socs. followed him. They stopped him and jumped him. They beat him bad, Johnny had a cut from his temple to his cheek. He had been beaten the most by a Soc. named Bob. After this, Johnny always carried a blade with him. Johnny's best friend was Ponyboy Curtis, a frail fourteen year old that was just like a brother to him. One night, Johnny and Pony ran away, because