Causes Of Murder In The Outsiders

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Murder!There were two greasers(Ponyboy and Johnny)at the park and five Soc(Two were Bob and Randy)were drunk came there and one of them named David started to drown Ponyboy. Than Johnny killed Bob so the Soc would stop drowning Ponyboy. In conclusion,I say that Johnny didn’t commit murder,because he didn’t mean to kill Bob so it was a act of manslaughter.

First,Johnny didn’t do murder,because he was doing self-defense.For example,in page 65 in The Outsiders it said,”I had to.They were drowning you,Pony.They might have killed you.”Also in page 65 it said,”And they had a blade...they were going to beat me up….”And last in page 115 it said,”His buddy Randy Adderson ,who had helped jumped us,also said it was their fault and that we’d only fought

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