Johnny In The Outsiders

“you know what greaser is ? Bob asked. White trash with long hair” “you know what a soc is? I said, my voice shaking with rage.”

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.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a story about two socially injustice rival gangs. Johnny is the greatest hero of the Outsiders. Ponyboy and Johnny were taking a walk when they got jumped by a bunch of socs, one of them called Bob. Johnny killed Bob to save Ponyboy. Dally hid them inside an abandoned church.

Johnny is represented in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton, published in 1967, as shy and anxious, however is later shown to be brave and courageous, giving himself up to save others. Johnny is seen as honourable and as a protagonist, only committing crimes, such as murder, to protect himself and his best friends. This helps the readers interact with the novel because it shows the stress of being a greaser, and how the greasers have a difficult life, being attacked on the streets and abused at home. This is made evident through his dialogue, action and reactions. It represents the key theme in the novel of brotherhood and the gang because Johnny shares a closer bond with his friends, the greasers, than he does with his parents.

Mahrukh Farooq Ms. Nageen Khan English 7B 2/26/24 The Outsiders Character Analysis Essay “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” This is a famous quote from the novel The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton in 1976. The book tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis, his gang, and his struggles with right and wrong in a society where he feels like an outsider. One of the main characters in the book is Johnny Cade.

Also Johnny has this very nervous look. According to the novel The Outsiders “ He had a nervous, suspicious look..” There are many reasons that he might look like this. I mainly think it’s, because of what happens at home

In the novel, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, there was an incident between rivals that resulted in a death, but should the killer be innocent or guilty? Two Greaser friends, Johnny and Ponyboy, were taking a walk in the park, when a blue Mustang, that carried five rich kids, Randy, Bob, David, and two others, Socs, pulled up by them and hopped out. They had caught Ponyboy by the arm, and dunked his head into the fountain, attempting to drown him, and that is when Johnny had killed Bob. Johnny is not one to pick a fight, and has not been in trouble with the police. However, he does come from an abusive family, but would never hurt someone just to let his anger out.

In every book, movie, and televisions show, there are characters within the story that are similar to you and seem like that they could be your friend, be your friend/enemy and characters that can really bother or annoy you. In the book, The Outsiders, there is a variety of different characters you will see. There are characters you will like, you will dislike but still are ok with, and characters you would want to get rid of. In the story, there are characters that are very similar to this idea. The character you will like is Johnny. The character who you will like and dislike is Dally. The character who you would want to exterminate will be Darry.

The Outsiders Essay Have you ever been compared to someone? Ever been asked if they are brother or sisters with you ? Well, the character i’m gonna compare and contrast from “The Outsiders” is Johnny Cade. The reason why I picked Johnny Cade is because we both have some similarities. We also have some differences.

“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold…” ( S.E. Hinton, 148) were the last words of Johnny Cade in the book The Outsiders. I found this character very interesting because of all the hardships he faced and overcame. Johnny, being scarred for life, with his alcoholic father who abused him, and a selfish mother who did not care about him. We saw two different sides of Johnny in The Outsiders. We saw when he was timid and shy near the Socials, and outgoing near his gang. Johnny Cade is a broken boy, from his puppy dog eyes to his small size.

Maria loved Tony from first sight. They saw each other and they both became hypnotized by love’s charm. Maria became very deeply in love with Tony. She invited him to visit her at her shop and thought about him always. When her brother Bernardo died, she became devastated, but eventually decided that her love for Tony was so great that nothing could tear them apart. The quotation said by Emerson, "We are the prisoners of our ideas," burrows itself deeply into West Side Story. This quote means that we are imprisoned in our beliefs and do not allow them to alter. Maria loves Tony so much; she decides she still wants to be with him instead of having any alteration occur between her thoughts or actions.

The Outsiders In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Johnny is introduced and develops a lot through his heroic actions. The Outsiders is a novel about two gangs (Socs and the Greasers). The main character is a boy who stays true to himself at the beginning and end of the book. Two boys from the Greasers killed a Soc and are on the run.

A character from “The Outsiders” would be Johnny, and a character from “Of Mice And Men” would be Lenny. The ways that the two are similar are that they both killed, neither wanting to. The ways that they are different is that Johnny was forced to kill someone to save Ponyboy, and Lenny killed several creatures, along with Curley’s wife, by accident.

Johnny's personality changed throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, Johnny was immature. He was too full of himself and did not think before he spoke. By the end of the book, he was more mature. He became more humble and less easily angered. In chapter one, Johnny was overly proud and arrogant. Then, in chapter two, his hand got burnt and he lost his pride.

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.