How Is Johnny Affected By Violence In The Outsiders

Ponyboy is a very good friend. He has a friend named Johnny who is also a greaser. Johnny is going through so much throughout the story. He runs away from his home because he heard his mother and father fighting like they always do. He goes to the park and he says, “I can’t take much more. I’ll kill myself or something.” Johnny hated that his parents fought so much and he didn’t want to be around it. His parents were neglectful and abusive, both

Johnny experiences an external, person vs. fate conflict.Johnny was such a brave kid.He sacrifices his life to save some kids that were in a burning church.He saved the kids but then a big piece of wood crushed his back.He had a couple of burns and was sent to the hospital.He was in the hospital for a while but he knew that he wasn't going to make it out.Then Johnny had passed even if he didn't want to it happened.”Do you want to know something, Ponyboy? I’m scared stiff.I used to talk about killing myself…”He drew a quivering breath.” I don't want to die now.It ain’t long enough 16 years ain’t long enough…”(pg.121).This impacted Johnny a lot.Now that Johnny was going to pass he doesn't want to he wants to live and stay to see another day.It made Johnny sad and depressed but he had to stay happy and let his friends know that he is going to pass on happy.Johnny had sacrificed his life to help some very young kids keep on living theirs.

The final trait Johnny has is common sense, which means a having a sound of judgements in practical matters. When Johnny gets himself in complex situations, he thinks them out thoroughly rather than going suicidal or panicking frequently. In this case, when he killed Bob he knew the cops would go after Ponyboy and him. He said outloud, “”We gotta get outa here. . .we’ll need money . . . a plan . . . Dally . . . Dally’ll get us outa here,”” (57-58). He chosed Dally for he had experience when it came to being in a perilous situations. Also he did not want to get Ponyboy in more trouble with Darry and Soda. Later on, Ponyboy and him fled to an old church on a hill to hide at until Dally told them it was safe to return back in town. “”We’re gonna

One of the main characters in the book, “The Outsiders”, by S.E Hinton has had a difficult life being raised by his parents. Johnny’s hard living started out when he was just a little boy. At the age of 10, Johnny was adopted from 2 adults that lived in the “greasers” territory. With Johnny’s inexperience of the new environment, his new parents weren’t the greatest supporters.

The role of my character is Ponyboy and his worry. The title is The Outsiders,the author is S.E Hinton. After the fire Johnny is very weak in the hospital, Johnny is his friend and like brother and that Ponyboy is soft hearted for some of the gang members as well as Johnny is his best friends other than the others so Ponyboy is very worried about Johnny.

The examples I have provided in both dialogue and text left the reader to comprehend the dynamic that Johnny provided in the gang. Coupled with the fact that we the readers realized that it was Johnny that had killed the Soc and not Ponyboy. Moreover, foreshadowing that it could possibly be Johnny that might be the retaliatory death. Furthermore, Johnny did not have anywhere near the unified home life that Ponyboy had, even though Ponyboy did not fully realize it at the time. Additionally, the reader gets that Johnny could be dispensable due to the reality his future life will never evolve to what Ponyboy's could be, never giving that "happy ending" so to speak. For example, the quote from Dally (pg.14) basically tells the reader how much

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

In the book, Outsiders, Ponyboy, one of the main characters, figures out that fightings and violence is not the only way to settle things. Ponyboy knows how much losing someone he loved feels like, and he knows that can happen to more of his loved ones if he continues to fight. Ponyboy has experienced many violent

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 the murder, there was a different type of Johnny living in the young soul and flesh of himself. One that was shy but fiercely loyal to his Greaser gang. Johnny was indeed very shy, small, and diffident. Johnny lives life being beaten by its hardships and unlucky situations. From being beaten by the Socs which puts him over the edge when we are first introduced to him, to being abused by his parents both physically and mentally. It is clear obvious that his life is not as it should be for any teenager, espscially when he when he claims to have ideas has thoughts so drasitc such as saying as “I used to talk about killing myself all the time, man. (102), which simply means he wants to end his life at such a young age.so short. With no

Later, Johnny conveys his guilt to Ponyboy when he says: “‘There sure is a lot of blood in people.’”(Hinton 74), nearly quoting Shakespeare in Macbeth. In a later conversation with Johnny, Ponyboy gets thinking about this new world he has been thrust into. In the text he says: “I liked my books and clouds and sunsets. Dally was so real he scared me.”(Hinton 76) This shows how Ponyboy likes when the hero can beat the villain and get a pretty sunset at the end. But now Ponyboy has to deal with the real-world effects of violence, and he doesn’t like it. This marks one of Ponyboy’s first major changes of his mindset on violence.

What would the world be like if there was no resort to violence for a fixture of conflict or fun? The 1967 novel 'The Outsiders' by S.E Hinton follows the existence of a young boy and the way that he lives with such violence in his life. Throughout all and all the notion of violence being engrained in the characters being despite socio-economic divides is heavily purveyed. It is with examples of rough friendships and hostility between the Greasers and the Socs that this message is put forth. To begin with, there is an example of this prerequisite of wildness shown in the relationship between two young greasers who are in fact, friends.

An important character in the film The Outsiders directed by Francis Coppola is, Johnny. Johnny displays a great quantity of emotions, innocence, and courage. The director has used the sunset scene, Bob's murder and the church fire scene with the combination of lighting, sounds, editing, and cinematography in almost all the scenes mentioned above to reveal Johnny's character to me. Johnny showed a number of emotions in the sunset scene and the director used lighting, editing, and cinematography to help me understand him.

When Johnny burned his hand severely, he was limited on the things he could do around the house at the Laphams. Cilla and Isannah would tease Johnny from time to time and Johnny would take it, but he wouldn’t really show that he didn't like being teased. He felt hopeless because he was useless to the Lapham household. Johnny was kicked out of the Laphams because of his hand, and felt very dismayed and was also filled with anger. Johnny wanted revenge, but didn’t follow through. This is the turning point of Johnny’s personality. When Johnny went to Mr. Lytes house to try to adopt him, Mr. Lyte laughed and sent him away which made Johnny mad. Johnny showed Mr. Lyte his cup. Johnny thought that the Cup had led him to Mr. Lytes, which would be where he truly belongs. When Johnny borrowed a coat from Rab, Mr. Lyte accused him of stealing the coat and pressed charges on Johnny. This event made Johnny enraged because after multiple times saying he did not steal it, Mr. Lyte did not believe him. Cilla testified for Johnny which made him feel loved, which he had not felt in a long time. This made Johnny start to love and care for others, since others had done the same for him. One thing that Johnny really got caught by surprise was when Cilla kissed his hand. “He said nothing. He was suddenly afraid he might cry.” Johnny felt like he wanted to cry because he realized that he has not been nice to anyone for a long time and that people are still nice to him. He began to feel

In The Outsiders, Johnny goes through extreme situations that force him to come of age. When he first appears in the book, he is a shy, nervous 17-year-old. He is first described as the gang’s pet because he is the weakest of the group. He had an abusive dad and a mother who neglected him, so he learned to just keep quiet, and always had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes. This was what Johnny was like in the beginning of the story, before he came of age. Johnny didn’t come of age until an extraordinary circumstance changed that. Johnny was walking with Ponyboy when their rival gang, the Socs, saw them and got out of their car, ready to fight. They started drowning Ponyboy, holding his head under the water in the fountain, leaving Johnny no choice than to fight back. Johnny had a blade on him, and after being beaten really badly by the Socs before, he was prepared to use it. “‘I killed him,’ he said slowly. ‘I killed that boy.’ Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still” (Hinton 56). Johnny had never been the type of person to do something