How Does Johnny Survive In The Outsiders

Johnny overcame many life problems that would have turned someone bitter or a coward. He was raised in a terrible home, with his physically abusive father and verbally abusive mother. Ponyboy claimed that, “If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” Johnny found

Ponyboy helped his family by, “Then I heard Johnny scream and as

Once Ponyboy was out of the fountain, Johnny had explained to Ponyboy why he attacked Bob “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up…” (57).

Having everything happen at the park, none of that would’ve happened If Ponyboy or Johnny didn’t run away from their homes. They could’ve stayed at other friends homes or asked for help from Dally. By killing another man Johnny died because he was always trying to help everything and save everyone. Johnny said as Ponyboy woke up near a dead and bloody body “I killed him”. This relates to my thesis because later on risking his life to save someone else really bites him back. Life isn’t always about saving other people, sometimes you have to save yourself

The book "The Outsiders" is a book about gangs and feeling like an outsider to the rest of the world. At the start of the book, you get the sense that they are all outsiders in society, sometimes even within their gang, but throughout the book they sort out their differences and help each other through things. In this book, the three biggest outsiders are Johnny, Dally and Darry because they feel like they don't fit in anywhere except for their gang (The Greasers). Johnny is one of the biggest outsiders for many reasons like: he doesn’t fit into the gang as much as the others and his family doesn’t care about him. Johnny doesn’t fit into the gang as much because he is one of the youngest members in the gang.

Have you ever been so into a book you couldn't put it down? Well, if you enjoy a good book I suggest The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The Outsiders starts in a small town, in this town there were two gangs the socs and the greasers. The socs were rich and lived on the north side, they all had nice cars and lots of money. On the other hand there was the greasers, they weren't as rich as the socs and didn't have as nice of cars, or houses, or even clothes.”Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it’s the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs”(Hinton, ch. 7) Gangs are a huge problem in the US and in this book it shows it.

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

Which means that Pony doesn't want Johnny to be stressed out or anything so Johnny can stay calm and not have to worry about someone else. Also, since Pony saved the little kids with Johnny

In the letter that Johnny wrote he said “ saving those kids was worth it “. By saving those kids he was showing that it doesn’t matter who you are you can always change. Ponyboy took from this and realized that he can still be a greaser and a good person and can break that stereotype. By this happening it taught ponyboy to see things for what they are and to not take anything for granted. So by Johnny making that sacrifice for the kids it showed that doing the right thing might not be the easiest thing do.

In conclusion, negative actions have negative effects on others’ lives. This can be seen when Johnny wanted to commit suicide because of his past experiences, Johnny murdering the Soc to save his best friend, but that caused Pony and Johnny to hide from the police which prevented them to be with the other gang members, and Johnny’s death, which caused Pony’s grades to decrease and Dally to get himself killed. After all the adventures and experiences Johnny and Pony went through, was everything worth

Although they are all different ages they all stay friends. They support each other through hard family times, for example; during the novel. Friendship is especially shown when Ponyboy runs away to hide with Johnny, so that Johnny don’t get into trouble with the police after killing a socs. Johnny shows that he cares about Ponyboy, but taking him back home to be with his two brothers. At the end of the novel, friendship is shown by Dally, committing suicide, as he can’t handle to live without Johnny.

In the novel, Ponyboy couldn’t even walk a short distance home without getting jumped by the Socials. This idea is heartbreaking to realize that a child can’t safely walk around his or hers neighborhood without being harmed in some areas. The novel shows a numerous amount of young adults being killed or harmed due to gang violence. For example, Johnny Cade killed Bob Sheldon in self-defense, which was devastating to his family, friends, and girlfriend. The author also represents a positive side to violence at the end of the novel. The rumble between the two groups without weapons, helped end the aggression and hatred between them. This uncovered the common interest that they shared and allowed them to relate to each other on an emotional and physical level.

Johnny had to protect his friend. Ponyboy and Johnny are so close that they could be practically brothers. Johnny had to do what was right and may have been the only way of saving Ponyboy. Along with bravery, Johnny show’s bravery by running into a burning church with Ponyboy and saving the church children from the church collapsing or burning the kids. They risked their own lives for kid’s and that shows an act of

Johnny was the one that needed his friends the most, with a dad that beat him, and a mom that ignored him, until she needed something to yell at, then she yelled at him so loud Ponyboy could hear it from down the street. Due to this abusive relationship with his parents, Johnny needed something, or someone to fall back on, this was the gang, including Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit, Dally, and Steve. Johnny often slept over at Ponyboy's when life at home was especially hard, and Ponyboy even claimed "He would have ran away a million times if we weren't there"

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