novel, The Outsiders, the character of Johnny is seen as a hero when he helps save the kids from the fire, and protects Ponyboy when he is being attacked by Bob. Johnny is also perceived as a an anti-hero by running away after killing Bob. Mike DeForest’s article published on clickorlando.com, “Boy, 10, rescues kids from fire at Orange County motel” also shows how Isiah was a hero when he pulled two children out of a burning building.
are the things I look for in any hero that I may choose. Sometimes I choose a hero who has a positive outlook on life, their achievements, and determination. Then again we are all human and we are all alike in many ways that we don’t see. Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy are all Greasers. Greasers just specifically means people who live on the East side of town. Each one is a hero in their own unique way, everyone is eventually. Ponyboy is a smart 14 year-old, but he doesn't really tell anybody. His life
In this book of The Outsiders, it told about how each Greaser was known as a hero. What the Greaser has did for not only for themselves but what they did for others. In my opinion hero is to me as courage, and bravery. The way Greaser had shown was that they had put other before themselves. How Johnny was known as a hero was from helping save the kids. He had ran to the church to save the kids that were trapped. Johnny went and help Ponyboy because he wasn’t going to try to let him save them alone
Johnny is an outsider because his traits are quite soft and shy, but he is also thoughtful and put his friends in front of himself. He is caring because he was terrified when Ponyboy ran to him crying after Darry had hit him. He is innocent because when he killed the Soc, he was scared and felt completely sick and regretted it. He is anxious because when Ponyboy and him were hanging out at the drive-in movie, and talking to Cherry Valance, Two-bit had walked behind him and pretended to be Soc; and
My book is “The outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders is about a gang on the east side of town that goes by the term greasers. In this group there’s 3 brothers Darry, Pony, and Soda. Darry is strong and smart he raises Pony and Soda since their parents died in a car accident. Pony does good in school he makes all a’s, likes to read books, and watch sunsets. Soda is the funny one of the group. He dropped out of high school and works at a gas station. Dally was the tough one, he has a criminal record
The Outsiders Theme Anna C. Ms. Miller 9.16.14 The Outsiders by S.E Hinton has many themes, all of which important, but one of the most repeated themes is staying gold and finding it. Ponyboy has to learn to find the gold the world around him to be able to remain optimistic throughout hard situations. He with Darry and Johnny has to find gold in his family to be able to push through struggles with someone to love. Lastly, he has to learn to see the gold in himself. Seeing the gold in the world around
Soc´s are people that are viewed as great by the general public, and are viewed as mean by the greasers. They are characters from a book called ¨The Outsiders¨ by S.E Hinton. It tells a story of gang life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The main characters are Ponyboy, Johnny, Dally, Soda, Darry, Two-bit, and Cherry. Ponyboy is a shy type of person who is strong. Johnny is quiet, shy, and nice. Dally is a strong willed and physical type of person. Soda is a happy type of person, he is
Joshua Hwang Mrs.Chalupsky English 8 CL 28 September 2015 Title The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton was a book like no other and spawned generations of book that who try to recreate . Never before had an author write a book about the life teenagers so realistically, which included drinking, fighting, smoking, etc. In addition, The Outsiders had talked about a topic that not been really written about before, the social divide between the rich and the poor. This topic was exactly teenagers of then and
The class novel we have read for this unit, The Outsiders has many relationships. The majority of the relationships in the novel are friendships and partnerships. The Outsiders takes place in a town where there is a divide between two groups, the Greasers whom are located in the poor East Side and the Socs on the richer West Side. The Greasers and Socs have a rivalry that lasted for many years and gets much worse as the novel progresses. The rivalry is somewhat related to a modern day gang rivalry
page 24. Not only does he show sense of justice there, but on page 56, Johnny kills Bob. Not just because of self defence however. As the Soc tried to drown Ponyboy, Johnny had to quickly think of what to do. He realized that because Bob was killing Pony, in that moment, he didn’t deserve not get hurt back. Later on page 56, he says to Ponyboy “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you.” Through Johnny stabbing Bob and defending the girls, he showed how he knew what was right