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What Is Johnny's Relationship In The Outsiders

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S.E. Hinton, author of the fictitious novel “ The Outsiders”, wrote a novel that deals with a group of kids called “the greasers” and what they all go through, from the point of view of a 14 year old boy. Two of the novel’s main characters named Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are in a tight brother like relationship. In this novel, Johnny gets into a life threatening accident that really affects the group but especially affects Dallas aka Dally. Johnny would stand up to dally despite the age difference if he saw he needed too. Dally and Johnny have many common experiences and a special bond with each other, and because these two boys were so close, Dallas reacts very emotionally when he loses control. Dally and Johnny's relationship was so close because of what they have both gone through. Johnny and Dally were both mistreated by their families. They could understand each other and relate to what they both had to go through. They felt each others pain. And because of that they were brought closer together from what they have both experienced. Dally wanted Johnny to have the life he never had. he wanted Johnny to know the good of things, not bad. On page 89 dallas says to …show more content…

Like when he was trying to sweet talk Cherry valance, but it turned into more of a harassment when cherry wasn't digging it. Johnny could see more in cherry than dally could. Beauces of the way johnny was treated growing up he became more sensitive than hard, like dallas did. Johnny saw that cherry was a “nice girl”, “the cousinly type” and the greasers had a code of honor for “nice” girls. “When Steves girl cousin from Kansas came down, (even) dally watched his swearing and was somewhat decent around her”. Because Johnny is the sensitive type and he stood up to dallas for doing what he did to cherry, dallas somewhat respected that. He thought everyone was to scared to ever do what Johnny did. But legend has it that Johnny always stands up for what he believes is

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