Ponyboy Creative Writing

I shook loose. “Okay I said, I’m okay.” On page 57, Ponyboy just witness Johnny murder a soc at the park. 2)Situation: This is important to know so when you read the book you understand why things are happening the way they are after this scene. 3)Importance:I chose this quote because it makes you think what you’re reaction would be if you were in Ponyboy's place, would you be in shock too? Or would you handle it differently? 4)Analysis:This quote shows how young Ponyboy is and that he never witness murder on the spot. This scene impacts Johnny and Ponyboy poorly as well as all the greasers and all the

The killers of Bob Sheldon, Ponyboy Curtis (14) and Johnny Cade (16) risk their lives and save five children from a burning church in Windrixville, Oklahoma. Cade is in critical condition at the hospital. Dallis Winston who helped these young men save the kids, is going to be in the hospital for another two weeks due to the severe burns on his arm. Cade suffers light burns on his back along with a huge bruise. These three young men were walking when they saw the crowd in front of the burning church. Witnesses said that when the young men heard the children screaming they ran to help without hesitation. According to Curtis, “Faintly, just faintly, you could hear someone yelling. And it sounded like it was coming from inside the church… I’ll get them don’t worry. I started a dead run for

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

Two of the socs grabbed me and put my head in the fountain. I nearly drowned then i felt them let go and Johnny was standing still with the knife in his hand… i looked down and saw a dead person, I thought to myself Johnny just killed him "I had to. They were drowning you Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade… They were gonna beat me up" (Hinton ch. 4).he said. After about 5 min I said to Johnny he just killed someone,"Johnny! I nearly screamed. "What are we gonna do? They put you in the electric chair for killing people!" (Hinton ch. 4) At this point in the story Johnny is in big trouble. All because of gangs and rivalries.

After Johnny’s fight with the Socs in the park he utters, “‘I killed that boy … I had to’” (57). This is Johnny’s worst nightmare, he could never imagine being beat up by the Socs again. Johnny never stands up to others but it seems like second nature for him to save one of his “brothers”. While Johnny is in the hospital he exclaims, “Listen, I don't mind dying now. It's worth it.

It did not sit right with them. The men got out of the car and started taunting the two boys. Johnny did not feel good about this because one of the men that were standing in front of him had recently jumped him. He was scared for life. Johnny promised if anyone tried to jump him again he would kill them. This was not a lie. Pony was grabbed by Bob and he attempted to drown Pony in the nearby fountain. Johnny was angry at the fact that his friend could possibly die in front of his eyes. Johnny pulled out his 6 inch switchblade and stabbed Bob to death in hopes of saving Pony, that's exactly what he did.

Ponyboy and I entered the room it was awfully quiet in Johnny’s room. Johnny looked very pale and was very sweaty, he really is dying. I told Johnny about how to rumble went and I how we kicked the Socs butts. But all Johnny had to say about the rumble was “fighting is useless”. Instead of talking about the rumble I changed

Johnny said, “‘I killed him ... killed that boy,’” (56). Johnny was explaining to Ponyboy that he was nervous and killed Bob in an anxious manner. Bob was trying to kill Ponyboy by drowning him, so after Johnny he had fought for himself, he took his knife to Bob. Johnny protected Ponyboy by killing someone, he was loyal to his friend. Ponyboy learned in this situation that loyalty doesn't really have a limit, or that his family would go great heights to protect him.

I listened intently as Ponyboy explained that it was almost four months ago when Johnny was jumped by a gang of socs with a blue Mustang. I flinched at that detail because Bob’s friend had a blue mustang that they would always cruise around in. I told myself it was just a coincidence. I kept on listening as he described that Johnny had been scratched up and bruised by a guy with a lot of rings on his hand. I could hear Ponyboy’s disgust in his voice. I paused at that. I was sure that I had gone completely pale and that Ponyboy noticed because he paused to look at

Johnny had an abusive relationship with his parents. According to Ponyboy he says: “He would have run away…” (12). Johnny hasn’t had an easy life, his parents do not pay much attention to him and are verbally and physically abusive to him. Also, because of him being a Greaser he got beaten very badly by the Socs. In Johnny’s case he was used to being abused by his parents but after the Socs got a hold of him he saw that abuse is bad, and after almost being beaten to death he lived in fear every day. Johnny never hurts other people but when he sees others being mistreated he steps in. “I killed him”, he said slowly, “I killed that boy” (49). In this quote, Ponyboy is telling what Johnny told him after he killed Bob. Because of the Socs drowning Ponyboy, Johnny feels angry for what they were doing so he lets anger take over and he kills Bob. Later in the book, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally help save the kids from the church fire. Johnny gets hurt and has to go to the hospital. In this hospital Johnny mentions “It was worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” ( ). Johnny realizes that the best thing he could have done was save those children, even if it meant losing his life. Because of the violence that he faced at home and with the Socs he was ok with dying because he saved the children’s

“Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. A dark pool was growing from him, spreading slowly over the blue white cement. I looked at Johnny's hand. He was clutching his switchblade, and it was dark to the hilt. My stomach gave a violent jump and my blood turned icy.” Imagine that you did something, something that you thought wasn’t that bad at the time, but you regretted it later. Something bad that caused your best friend to kill a member of a rival gang, and all of the aftermath that follows. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, this nightmare becomes a reality. In The Outsiders there are two rival gangs: the Greasers; the poor hoodlums that live on the east side of town, and the Socs; the rich kids with more stress in their lives than you would think. The novel is told by the perspective of Ponyboy, a Greaser. There is constant conflict between these two gangs, but

Sunshine was pouring out from in between the buildings, casting shadows all around Ponyboy and the gang as they walked to Pony’s school. They were taking their time walking down the streets and for the first time they all were really seeing what was all around them. Memories were surfacing in their minds showing them what it all meant to them. With every step they took on the sidewalk they remembered a different memory as if they were walking down memory lane. Ponyboy didn’t think it was possible for him to be walking down this street for the last time as a high school student, but he had gone through the years with great grades that earned him many scholarships.

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

Towards the middle of the story, a boy named Johnny had killed a Soc that was drowning Ponyboy. He and Ponyboy fled the city to another town, and hid in an abandon church there for a week. When they were going to leave, they realized the church was on fire and there was kids trapped inside. Johnny and Pony were good friends and they decided to go help the children. After they rescued the children, they had to escape the burning, ravaged building. A flaming, steaming hot beam from the ceiling fell on Johnny. After this happened, Pony passed out, “ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost

True Son stood there hesitating. What would he do?! As he wanted so badly to go back to the Indian, the only people he felt he belonged to, he knew he would be killed if he did so. He could hold the paint no longer and fell to the floor, then poured out a flood of uncontrollable tears. After he sobbed, he remembered what his father had said and taught him… men are strong like warriors; did this mean it was weak to show this peculiar emotion?