Wright presents the fear of surviving on your own through obstacles that we are challenged with when we're in a difficult situations in order survive on your own you should find the best routes that lead you to finding success. He learns to survive on the streets by joining a gang. Stealing and mugging people were a part of his duty as a gang member. It is reasonable for a teen who is an orphan and homeless to try and live on the streets by stealing or mugging people for money. Is it the right way to survive? Any orphan runaway teen in Johnny's situation may convince themselves that these things are okay in helping them to survive. His desire to survive is driven by fear of being an orphan runaway teen living on the streets.
He learns to survive on the streets by joining a gang. Stealing and mugging people were a part of his duty as a gang member. It is reasonable for a teen who is an orphan and homeless to try and live on the streets by stealing or mugging people for money. Is it the right way to survive? Any orphan runaway teen in Johnny's situation may convince themselves that these things are okay in helping them to survive. His desire to survive is driven by fear of
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Wright points out that the gang believes they are know their way around town, so they new all of the places where they didn't have to keep surviving every time. Johnny is told by Baldy to always follow the rules or he will get ratted out and the cops will get you. "Do it right, and you get paid well. But if you start ratting on the job, the boss will get you" (Wright 98). Running away seem like it would be a good option to do, but in the end you cause more problems with not doing the right thing and society see you as a lost and homeless child. Once you move to your new family you'll likely be treated better than running away. Getting paid well or doing the right thing make your life feel like you are a person who they see as
Johnny has an abusive family and he has both a mom and a dad. His family keeps hitting him and he likes that because he wants to get noticed and that is how he gets noticed. His life accomplishments are being with the Greasers and saving all the kids from the burning church. Saving all those kids from the burning church is a life accomplish because those kids were going to die if he wasn’t going to the burning church to save them. Being with the Greasers is another life accomplish because if he never meant the greasers he would've killed himself or worse.
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
In his ten years of living with her, he was abused, mentally and physically. He would get whipped, cut, beaten, shot, unfed, etc. then the children were not any better in the neighborhood. They would pick on him, insult him and his mother, beat him when he was alone. But there was one person who was there for him, that person was Officer Malley Jones. He was a well respected officer, and that went especially for Johnny, as one day when the other children were ganging up on Johnny, all
At the beginning of the novel, Johnny didn’t want anything to do with Negroes. He was racist and unkind to them. When he is captured by Cush, a Union soldier who also happens to be a Negro, he refused to follow his orders, only doing so in the end out of fear of what might happen to his family if he is killed. Later, when Cush wanted to learn how to read, seeing how he was never educated, Johnny refused at first, only giving in so that he could deliberately misinform Cush on some specific words, such as broke instead of brought, eagles instead of equal, and more. He didn’t see how Cush wasn’t that much different than himself.
Living the way that Johnny did, he did something great in his life. He didn’t deserve to die, but he died a hero and not everyone in the town where the greasers lived agree. Johnny lived in a world where he was probably scared every time he walked around town and that flat out sucks. He didn’t have the best family life, but he had Dally and that was pretty great because Dally loved Johnny. “Why can I take it when Dally can’t? And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone.” (Hinton pg. 152).
Johnny is portrayed in the novel as fearful and scared because he has been attacked multiple times by the Socs, the Greasers rivals. He also has an abusive home life, described by Ponyboy as “if it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never had known what love and affection are” (page 14) Johnny also shows this through his actions, by flinching at the sight of Bob after he was attacked, or his reaction to when he killed Bob, shocked at himself and pale. Johnny isn’t just seen as fearful though, as in the later chapters he is portrayed as
Johnny’s life has always been difficult with having unloving parents, being a below average student, and being a greaser in a gang. Johnny has all the basic needs except for warmth, rest, security, and safety. Johnny has unloving parents who don’t care about him which don't ensure his safety, and he has no warmth or rests at home due to his father always hitting him and his mother ignoring everything. One of the many jobs of parents is to ensure their kid’s/kids’ safety no matter where he/she/they are. “Johnny’s parents didn’t care if he came home or not”(Hinton 49). This quote shows that Johnny’s parent couldn’t care less about him which affects Johnny’s life. Johnny can only have rest if he is relaxed and nothing is bothering him, but he can’t have rest if his parents are
Through his life, he has been abused by both of his parents, with no adult guidance except for the older kids in the neighborhood. Inside the book of ‘The Outsiders,’ it stated that, “ … Johnny banged up
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
(Hinton 12). Johnny is the most fragile member of the gang, and running away is just a minor example of what he would have done if his friends had not taught him love, or affection, something his parents, and
In the end, Johnny has self-worth and this helps him get over his abandonment. In conclusion, Johnny’s life is fulfilled because he is able to fight for his country, and he has trusted
Everyone has a courageous moment in their life, but Johnny has multiple moments where he shows a true act of courage. The first event that shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would get him in trouble with the police, but he took the chance. “ You really killed him, huh, Johnny ?...
In the book the outsiders the character Johnny not only a victim of violence he is also capable of inflicting violence seen in one major part of the book. Pony boy describes Johnny as a “lost puppy that has been kicked too many times”. This is a metaphor to compare the treatment of Johnny over his life to an abused puppy. Eventually abused puppies learn to fight back this is the same situation with Johnny and the Socs. This allows the reader to see he is largely affected by bullying
Johnny’s parents are abusive and don’t treat him with any emotional or physical support. In the book a quote is “Johnny’s father was a drunk and his mother was a selfish slob”. The gang helps Johnny in a lot of ways another quote says “Johnny would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there. If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never
Johnny’s internal issues are as equally grievous as his external issues. He practically raised his siblings since he was six years old, and started to work in factories when he was seven. Due to his early start transferring to adulthood, he never really had the chance to experience a jovial and enjoyable childhood. Johnny “had been robbed of a large part of that playtime by being compelled to take care of [his siblings] … he had fallen the part of little mother and father as well” (8). Johnny does not have any pleasurable memories to look back on and confirm that his upbringing readied him to steadily transition to adulthood. His mother is not a major help in his life, consequently making him uphold both roles of provider and supporter when it comes to his family. With no time for himself, it was evident in Johnny’s face that “there was no joyousness in him…