Was The Greasers Fault In The Outsiders

Claim: However, Johnny still can be considered innocent of murder because he killed Bob out of self defense, he had to defend Ponyboy, and the Socs were the ones who provoked the fight.

After running for a while they stopped in another parking lot with a fountain in the middle. While in the parking lot a blue mustang that belonged to the Socs that beat up Johnny a long time ago pulled up. They stepped out and started to insult Johnny and Ponyboy, Ponyboy snapped back and they grabbed him and shoved his head in the found as stated, “They grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. I fought, but the hand at the back of my neck was strong and I had to hold my breath. I’m dying, I thought, and wondered what was happening to Johnny.” This showed that those Socs were even going to kill them just because they talked back, but they were also drunk which also shows how dangerous drunk Socs are. To save Ponyboy Johnny had to kill the Soc and afterwards they both had to run out of town to avoid being arrested. This changed Ponyboys identity into a outlaw.

There are a lot of events leading up to Bob’s death, including almost drowning Ponyboy, going to the drive-in, and Johnny killing Bob, just to name a few. To start in chronological order, some of the boys go to see a drive-in movie, and they meet some sweet and attractive Soc girls. After the movie is over they decide to walk them back to Steve’s place so they can drive them home, because their house is far away from them. The next important event that happens is that Socs see the boys walking their girlfriends home, get mad at them, and demand the girls get in their blue mustang so they may take them home. The next day rolls around, and Bob and his crew roll up in their blue mustang and start to attack Johnny and Ponyboy. Ponyboy and Johnny

First of all, Johnny was justified in killing Bob. It was in self-defense, the Socs beat up Johnny before traumatizing him, and the only reason why Johnny had his switchblade was because of the same Socs who tried to kill Ponyboy. “The Socs caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the

Then Ponyboy runs out the door, finds Johnny, and goes to the park. There, however, the two young greasers run into randy and bob, with a huge group of their Socs friends. One of the Socs friends hold pony boy’s head under a cold water fountain, and Ponyboy blacks out. When he comes to, he is lying on the ground next to Johnny. The bloody corps of bob is next to them. To save Ponyboy, Johnny had to kill bob.

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

On April 24, 1967, S.E. Hinton published the book The Outsiders. Then sixteen years later director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie version of The Outsiders was released on March 23, 1983. The book is about a young boy named Ponyboy who lives with his two older brothers because his parents were killed in a automobile accident. Ponyboy goes through a lot of tough times because he is a part of this group known as the Greasers. The Greasers are a group that are known for being from the poor side of town and the Socs are the rich kids on the other side of town. Throughout the entire book the two groups kept fighting and then something terrible happened that changed Ponyboy’s life forever. The movie and book have many differences

Finally, Johnny is not justified in what he did and is guilty because Johnny killed Bob, who didn’t cause any physical harm in the fight. Johnny stated that “‘I killed that boy.’ Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still” (56). This states that Johnny killed Bob instead of David, who was the one harming Ponyboy. This means that Johnny must have wanted to harm Bob for what he has done in the past.

Johnny Cade should not be convicted for murder because it was all out of self-defense. Ponyboy and Johnny were at the park when it happened. A blue Mustang full of Socs started to circle them because Ponyboy and Johnny picked up their girls at the movies. Bob got out of the car and Johnny seen the rings he was wearing were the same ring Bob had on when he jumped Johnny. Bob then told David to give Ponyboy a bath. By that he mean put Ponyboy's head into the fountain. Johnny got his switchblade and started to go to David to make him let go of Ponyboy. David let go of Ponyboy and ran. Bob started to ran after Johnny. Johnny stabbed Bob to save Ponyboy and himself. Therefore, Johnny is innocent and should not be convicted for murder. The prosecution

On page 57 of The Outsiders, Johnny states, “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you.” This states that he had to take Bob’s life to protect his friend Ponyboy Curtis. Not only that, he further goes on to state, “They were gonna beat me up.” So if Johnny had not killed Bob, Bob would have harmed Johnny. Bob and the Socs would never keep a witness alive, if Johnny saw Ponyboy get killed, they would have killed Johnny to protect themselves from the law. On page 56, when Johnny

He was looked upon as a murderer for his actions. However, it can be argued that Johnny’s innocence can be defended because he stabbed Bob in an act of self-defense while protecting a third party, he sacrificed his life to save another, and to avoid having a drunk teenager kill them.

As they tried to relax at the park they watch as a blue Mustang full of Socs approaches them. Ponyboy and Johnny plan to run away but are too late, and watch five drunk Socs come out of the Mustang. As they surround Ponyboy, he tries to make a run for it but is pulled back and dunked into a fountain. Ponyboy tried pulling away and out of the fountain but the arm around his neck was too strong. Ponyboy starts to drown and again tries to fight back, knowing he couldn't a red haze filled his mind and he is slowly relaxing. Afterwards he is laying in the floor gasping for air and coughing out water. After a moment of silence Johnny speaks up saying that he killed Bob, the handsome Soc. Worried they begin to think the cops are already on their way

“I killed him.” That was Johnny stating that he killed a Socs. This shows, that it Johnny really didn’t want to kill Bob, but he had the idea and needed to do something to help Ponyboy. That is a true friend, standing up for each other. If Johnny wasn’t there, Ponyboy could have died.

After Johnny kills Bob, and Johnny and Ponyboy head to Jay Mountain, the author wants the reader to take away a recurring theme in the story which is loyalty and friendship. Throughout this story, the author exemplifies many acts of loyalty and friendship. One of the most important acts was when Ponyboy leaves town with Johnny. Ponyboy could have easily gone home and ran away from his friend when it got tough, but instead he stuck with him even when times were hard. “Money. Maybe a gun? A plan. Where in the world would we get these things?” This shows how Pony’s first instinct for when Johnny killed Bob was to help

The main reason why Johnny killed bob was because Bob was telling david to drown Ponyboy. For example Bob said “ give this greaser a bath”. Also Johnny was going to be drown to death next if he hadn't done anything to stop it. So for nothing to happen to Johnny and Ponyboy Johnny had to do what he had to do.