Why Does Johnny Act Different

On January 3, 2009 around 11:00 PM the phone rang with what I thought was exciting news about my newly born sister, Tristyn ,but quickly turned to horror. I could heard the fright in my dad's shaken voice as he told me Tristyn had to go into immediate heart surgery because she needed a stent to open up the blood flow to her heart. Being eight at the time the only thing I could think about was how she might not make it. My dad said to me “look after your sisters, and tell them nothing about the surgery”, which terrified me more than before. I knew I needed to be brave and take charge of the situations for my sisters. Bravery is something I learned for a situation I never knew would happen.

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.

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.

An ambulance came and carried out my mom. I didn’t know what was going on, so many questions running through my mind, what was wrong with her, was she going to be ok. I was scared, more scared then I had ever been. My sister Sheridan who was 8 asked me “what’s happening?” through tears. On that day a little piece of me began to change because if I let her see my fear that would not help anyone, and so even though I didn’t know what was happening I responded “everything is going to be ok” even though I did not trust my own words.

In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny, a 16 year old boy greaser, is courageous. Johnny is courageous because he has bravery, honesty, and loyalty. Bravery describes Johnny because he went into a burning church to save little kids, honesty describes Johnny because he wanted to turn himself in so Ponyboy wouldn’t get in trouble with the police officers. Johnny also has loyalty and this describes him because he stood up for Cherry at the theatre. Johnny’s courage is displayed through his honesty.

Dally wanted to die because johnny had died from the beam that had fallen on him when he was trying to help the little kids. Had he of not gone in the burning house he probably would have lived. But knowing Johnny he had to help. So all in all he died while trying to save someone in a house, burning with hot scorching flames that would probably burn anything in its way. I think he forgot to think about that he didn’t have to die right then to be with Johnny to know that he could be with him because Johnny would always be with him even though while in heaven. He was mainly focused on the fact that his best pal was now gone and somewhere where he could not see him at the time. So he committed suicide by going to a gas station and robbing the

Bob and his gang had Ponyboy and Johnny surrounded, with nowhere to go and nothing to do except wait. Then, Johnny makes a sudden move while Ponyboy is drowning. Johnny has killed Bob, and then runs away with Ponyboy. It is a fact that Johnny Cade is innocent of murder because he was defending himself and Ponyboy and his past experience with Bob and his gang clouded his judgement.

“Nothing gold can stay” (Frost 8). The book and movie versions of The Outsiders both talk about Ponyboy’s life, what he is going through, and how he reacts to problems he faces. In The Outsiders, the Socs. and the Greasers have different opinions and fight about their views a lot. Throughout the movie and book, the theme is losing innocence. The characters, especially Ponyboy and Johnny, go through the process of losing their innocence. The protagonist is Ponyboy and the antagonists are the Socs. Pony has conflicts with the Socs. and is finding out who he wants to be. Dally is a tough and cruel character that pushes away his emotions. Darry and Soda are Pony’s brothers. Darry is serious and hardworking while Soda is hardworking, but more of

In the novel “Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, Johnny Cade a timid young boy referred to “the gang’s pet” transforms into a gallant young adult. This book shows the transition among a young boy that was neglected and beaten by his parents weekly and the struggles between the “Greasers” and the “Socs”. The development from Johnny, an afraid adolescent into a confident boy is stunning.

My mom lost her mother at the tender age of five to uterus cancer. Her father wasn't in the picture any longer even though he lived in the same town. Abuelo Enrique would tell me some of the adventures that my mom got herself into, because of him I got to know my mom and I started to draw a picture of her, as a courageous young woman that would hit any guy that overpass with her or my aunt Pana (Abuelo Enrique's daughter). He would tell me these tales under a banana tree in his rocking chair with a glass of

is especially true in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. In the book, Ponyboy might seem to be a textbook criminal. He ran away with his friend, Johnny, after the latter happened to kill someone in a fight. The two hid away and changed their appearances.

In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, Johnny made a choice that ultimately drove the plot. Johnny made a big choice when he decided to kill one of the Socs to protect ponyboy. There are some reasons Johnny made that choice as shown in the text when he says “ I had to, they were drowning you pony”[Hinton 56]. Ponyboy was extremely grateful that Johnny did that but he was also very nervous because people were going to find out that one of the gang members from Socs has been killed. If Johnny didn’t make that sacrifice then Ponyboy would have probably not have made it as Johnny explains in the text when he says, “They might have killed you”[Hinton 56]. Ponyboy was more focused on what they were gonna do to cover everything up instead of

Violence can easily destroy a lot of objects or it can make people badly injured. It is true that violence is not a good thing. But in S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny is impacted by violence positively because the violence from his parents when he was a child, it is hard for him to understand love. After Johnny becomes a teenager, he kills Bob for saving Ponyboy, and he runs into church to save children, which causes him to stay gold.

The behavior of Johnny Tremain played one of the biggest parts in this book. Johnny Tremain either pushed people away or became very close with them. Helping people was one of his specialties but, he would become very hostile when they tried to help him back. Johnny had a bad hand and because of this he would sometimes do stuff wrong and he would get mad. Before his hand got injured he would become proud of his silversmith work. Johnny Tremain was rebellious when it came to work or to prove he is worthy of something. It was Sunday afternoon, in Boston, at the Laphams shop where Johnny borke sabbath to work on a sugar basin for John Hancock. December 16th, at nightfall, Griffins Wharf became occupied with many brethren including Johnny and

When I turned 11-years-old my whole childhood began to change my life went from being perfect to everything but perfect. One day I came home to hear the news my father, my best friend; my hero was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. Not knowing the struggle my family was about to take on I just began to cry. I had a million things running through my head what’s going to happen? Will everything be okay? Why him? What is going to happen? With all these things rushing through my head all I could do was cry not knowing this was least worse to come.