Who Is Johnny Cade A Dynamic Character

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

Johnny can be described as scared for many reasons. An example is when he was in the hospital and was scared of dying. On page 121, he says “I don’t want to die now. It aint long enough. Sixteen years aint long enough.” This shows Johnny was scared and not ready to die, because his sixteen years on the streets he had learned and seen all the wrong things. Another example is when Johnny gets scared when the Socs come down the road in their mustang. Page 31, Ponyboy tells how Johnny started breathing heavily and was staring at the Socs hand, who was wearing three rings. Therefore, that is why Johnny is scared everywhere he goes because he fears getting jumped by the Socs again. From these examples it is clear that Johnny is scared of dying

Johnny has a fear of Socs after getting jumped by them, which led him to kill Bob. He is regularly beaten by his father and emotionally abused by his mother. Ponyboy mentioned a quotation of Johnny   “ I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn’t pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.” After Johnny killed Bob trying to protect Ponyboy from drowning he ran away with Ponyboy to an abandoned church in Windrixville. At the time he was afraid of anybody that he thought could hurt him. When the church went up in flames Johnny made the decision to run in with Ponyboy to save the children in the burning building. His gallant actions led to him being paralyzed, but he learned to overcome his fears of easily being frightened. Before that, he always used to think about killing himself because he was scared and hurt, but now knowing that he has something to live for he thought he was too young to die. He said this “you want to know something, Ponyboy? I’m scared stiff. I used to think about killing myself… ”, “ I don't want to die now. It ain’t long enough. Sixteen years ain’t long enough. I wouldn’t mind it so much if there wasn’t so much stuff I ain’t done yet --- and so many things I ain’t seen. It’s not fair. You know what? That time we were in Windrixville was the only time I’ve been away from our neighbourhood.” Thus, adversity can help to overcome the hardships and

 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

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 ?...

“Fear has two meanings-forget everything and run or face everything and rise. The choice is yours”(Quotations and Quotes). Johnny Cade chose to forget everything and run, but soon realized running didn’t help him forget the past. In The Outsiders, Johnny goes through the heroic journey by the fact that he faces a harsh reality that brings him to committing an act he never thought he would, which in the end led him to becoming a hero. His story starts with tragedy and ends with it as well. The tragedy he faced, gave him strength.

Suspicious is a word that describes Johnny very well. “He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and that beating from the Socs didn’t help matters.” (Hinton 31) The Socs jumped Johnny and ever since the incident he was always looking around and scared that, he was going to be in that situation again. “It was killing Johnny. He had never been a coward. He was a good man in a rumble. He stuck up for the gang and kept his mouth shut around the cops. But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn’t think he’d get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. And

Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy were, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…”. I found this in Chapter 9, on pg. 148. Johnny is referring to the poem that can be found in Chapter 5, on pg. 78. When Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay gold, he is referring to the fact that Ponyboy was innocent when Johnny killed Bob. In the poem, gold is the first hue of nature, the hardest to hold, which also symbolizes children’s innocence.

Johnny Cade comes from a broken home, his dad hits him, his mom does not care about Johnny, the only thing he has are his friends, the greasers. Ponyboy, one of his closest friends, is talking about everyone in the gang and when he came to Johnny he said, “Johnny had it awful rough at home”(4). Johnny unlike everyone else in the gang, except Dally, does not have someone in his family that truly cares for him. This affects him because it makes him upset that his parents do not care for him. If Johnny did not have it so hard at home, he would be more content and joyful, and even less scared. Johnny is a little bothered that his parents did not ask about Johnny so Dally goes on and says, “‘my old man don’t give a hang whether i’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). When Dally is 10, he gets arrested and is on the streets of New York, which shows how little Dally’s father cares about him. Maybe if his father did care, Dally would be more kind and caring, and like Johnny, more joyful. If Dally’s dad cared, he may still be living with his parents and would not be a greaser. Dally and Johnny are

Ponyboy said he would be dead if he didn't have the gang members. Johnny is the youngest in the gang. He was jumped by Socs and was seriously injured that he almost died. He had psychology impact on the Socs, he would shiver and be frighten whenever he sees a Soc. On the day he left with Ponyboy, they met a group of Socs. Since the Soc called Bob almost drowned Ponyboy to death, he killed Bob. Johnny admired Dally a lot. He wishes Dally could be proud of him for even just once. He wanted to be as tough and cool as Dally but he never succeeds. Johnny was kicked out of school and that was how Ponyboy thought he wasn't clever. Sometimes Johnny understood things better than Ponyboy in the book which was called Gone with the Wind. Johnny had the interest and talent in reading books but no one in the gang except Ponyboy was good enough to talk about these. He wasn't really close with Ponyboy before they ran away together so they didn't have a talk. Johnny also loved to watch sunsets and sunrises but no one in the gang could have spared time to watch or even talk about this. All Johnny couldn't express mad him alienated from the gang members. The only one he was close to was Dally. Dally cared for his all time and would risk his life for whatever happens on Johnny. Such as lending a gun or killing a Soc. Dally wouldn't hesitate as long as it was for

He is like Ponyboy in the sense of enjoying small things, but in different ways. "Useless... fighting's no good...." (Hinton 148) Johnny comes to this realization and says this because he doesn’t believe in fighting. He sees no reason in it and definitely does not find joy in it like the rest of the greasers. The average greaser finds happiness in violence and “dirtiness,” (as Cherry Valance, a Soc, says) but Johnny Cade is able to find comfort in cleaner, gentler things, such as sunsets, poems, and reading. One of the main moments where Johnny shows this is when he talks about a sunset and says, "The mist was what was pretty...All gold and silver." (Hinton 66). He is very quiet and preserved, which is why the gang treats him as the “pet.”Although he and Ponyboy share the idea of loving these things, Johnny loves them in his own way and finds the deeper meaning in

Johnny is characterized as being paranoid at all times. Before being beaten by a group of Socs, Johnny was still incredibly jumpy from being abused by his parents. After he was attacked, he became even more

more importantly, Johnny is quiet compared to the others. He is very quiet when they were talking to each other and Darry asked them to go somewhere. “I knew Johnny would not open his mouth unless he was forced to” (14). Ponyboy had to speak for Johnny because he knew that Johnny would not open his mouth. He is also quiet when him

Johnny's last words were, “Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold…” on page 148. Johnny meant by this for Ponyboy to stay the same as he is and not let his death change him as well as to keep the gang strong. Johnny explains, “Too bad it couldn’t stay like that.” page 77. Johnny is referring to the sunrise, but that shows that he knows that things can’t stay the same, so he tells Ponyboy, the one who is into least trouble, to stay gold because Ponyboy has always been a good person.

Johnny Cade, from the book The Outsiders, is a small and meek boy. johnny is a part of the gang the Greasers. The greasers are enemies with the other gang “The Socs”. In the book, the main character Ponyboy, who