What Choice Has Johnny Made In The Outsiders

In The Outsiders, the story is told by a first person point-of-view, influencing the theme of the book to be more about what is important to the narrator, in this case, Ponyboy Curtis. Since Pony and Johnny killed someone and fled to the country, he might tell this tale with more detail than a Soc would, along with more emotion and greater remorse. Since Johnny was important to him, and he wanted peace and equality of the Greasers and Socs, he supposedly

Early in the book Johnny shows that he is shy. But also brave and not scared to stick up for his friends. The Socs jumped Johnny and Ponyboy. They started to drown Ponyboy. Johnny defended him by stabbing Bob. Later, Pony discussed with Johnny, “You really killed him, huh Johnny?’ ‘Yeah.’ his voice quavered slightly. ‘I had to they were drowning

If your most feared tormentors come to murder both you and your best friend, would you let it happen or would you fight back? In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade has lived a hard life. Facing emotional and physical abuse from both the parents and the Socs, Johnny is no stranger to pain. It is understandable why some may believe Johnny’s decision to kill Bob is wrong thus making Johnny guilty of manslaughter. Johnny is not guilty and just acted in self defense because his best friend was drowning, he knew better from his past experiences, and even Bob’s closest friends admit that Bob was wrong.

Is killing a necessary offense? The novel “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton shows how negative actions affect lives. This can be seen as Johnny’s thoughts of committing suicide, Johnny’s murder, and Johnny’s death.

He sacrifices himself to save his friends and innocent children, and also shows no regret for it, despite losing his own life, shown in his dialogue ‘It’s worth saving those kids, their lives are worth more than ours’ (page 216) This demonstrates that he no longer fears death and that he feels that his life was not wasted because he saved the children. Johnny also ran into the church with Ponyboy, demonstrating that he would do anything at the side of his friends. This helps the reader to understand many of the key themes in the novels, as it shows that the bond that the gang shares is stronger than any other bond they

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 ?...

How can two characters that have such a similar lifestyle, be so extremely different? In the novel, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the author proves that such instances happen. Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade have very similar lives, but are completely different people. Johnny is more of a sensitive person and always likes to follow the rules. While Dallas on the other hand, loves to break the laws and do the wrong thing. These two characters are very similar on the inside, but are very different on the outside.

There are two conflicts that are mainly presented in The Outsiders. First, Ponyboy feels unloved by his brother Darry. Ponyboy feels this way when he’s walking home from the movies and is yelled at for walking home alone when nobody would go with him. Darry states many times to Ponyboy “use your head.” Also in the novel, Johnny goes through man vs fate because he can’t escape his death. He believes that his death was for a great purpose and that the kids live have greater value than his, but he still doesn’t want to die.

One choice that had great impact on Ponyboy was Johnny killing the Soc, Bob. The sentence, “ ‘I killed him,’ he said slowly.’ I killed that boy’ ” pg.(56) shows that Johnny didn’t want to kill Bob but he still did. Johnny made this choice because the Socs were drowning Ponyboy. The consequence of Johnny killing Bob was that Johnny and ponyboy run away to not

Johnny had an abusive relationship with his parents. According to Ponyboy he says: “He would have run away…” (12). Johnny hasn’t had an easy life, his parents do not pay much attention to him and are verbally and physically abusive to him. Also, because of him being a Greaser he got beaten very badly by the Socs. In Johnny’s case he was used to being abused by his parents but after the Socs got a hold of him he saw that abuse is bad, and after almost being beaten to death he lived in fear every day. Johnny never hurts other people but when he sees others being mistreated he steps in. “I killed him”, he said slowly, “I killed that boy” (49). In this quote, Ponyboy is telling what Johnny told him after he killed Bob. Because of the Socs drowning Ponyboy, Johnny feels angry for what they were doing so he lets anger take over and he kills Bob. Later in the book, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally help save the kids from the church fire. Johnny gets hurt and has to go to the hospital. In this hospital Johnny mentions “It was worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” ( ). Johnny realizes that the best thing he could have done was save those children, even if it meant losing his life. Because of the violence that he faced at home and with the Socs he was ok with dying because he saved the children’s

S.E. Hinton, author of the fictitious novel “ The Outsiders”, wrote a novel that deals with a group of kids called “the greasers” and what they all go through, from the point of view of a 14 year old boy. Two of the novel’s main characters named Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are in a tight brother like relationship. In this novel, Johnny gets into a life threatening accident that really affects the group but especially affects Dallas aka Dally. Johnny would stand up to dally despite the age difference if he saw he needed too. Dally and Johnny have many common experiences and a special bond with each other, and because these two boys were so close, Dallas reacts very emotionally when he loses control.

In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, the Socs and the Greasers have been fighting for the longest time. The Socs had harassed and attacked the Greasers before. The Greasers had enough and decided to defend themselves for the great or good. Johnny is justified in what he did and is not guilty because Johnny was defending himself from Bob, the Socs were after the Greasers in the first place, and the Socs attacked the Greasers long before. Johnny was defending himself from Bob because Bob was the leader of the group.

A hero is a person that saves someone like Johnny,Ponyboy, and Dally did in the outsiders.

As they eat Dally explains to them what had happened over the past couple of days. Dally talks about how the cops are looking for them in Texas, and how Pony’s brothers Darry and Sodapop miss him a whole lot. At this moment Johnny decides that they are going to turn themselves in. S.E Hinton states “Johnny nodded. I’m sure. It ain’t fair for Ponyboy to have to stay up in that church with Darry and Soda worryin”(78). This shows that Johnny is courageous and caring, he is going to turn himself in no matter the consequence so that Pony can be with his family. This also shows that Johnny is facing his fears, whereas in the beginning he didn’t talk much. As they are driving they see a large amount of people surrounding the church. Pony and Johnny rush into the scene to see what was going on. A fire had broke out in the church, and some kids were trapped inside. Ponyboy and Johnny run into the burning church in order to save the kids. S.E Hinton states “I blinked myself- Johnny wasn’t behaving at all like his old self. I caught one quick look at his face; it was red-marked from embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me. He wasn’t scared

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny is introduced and developed as scared and afraid, though his actions. Johnny killed bob, he killed him in self-defense. Dally sent Johnny and Ponyboy to the church to hide them from the police then Dally sent the police toward Texas to look for Johnny and Ponyboy. Johnny was attacked by Socs when he was younger and since then he carries a switchblade with him, and he is timid and scared. On page 34 it says, “Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn't think he'd ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade.” Johnny got scared so now he tries to be a very good person and always stays with someone,