A lot of people think heroes can only be in comic books and movies, but that’s not true we can find heroes in real life too. I’m not talking about the kind with superpowers, but ordinary people who risk things to help others. The Outsiders is a novel showing the conflict between greasers and socs. I believe the hero of The Outsiders is Johnny Cade because he shows many heroic qualities.
Johnny is the hero of The Outsiders because he shows the heroic quality of self-sacrificing. A self-sacrificing person is someone willing to pay a personal price so that others benefit. Johnny is self-sacrificing because he went into the burning building and saved the little kids. He didn’t have to he could have left them to die but he put his life on the line for people he didn’t even know. Johnny yelled, “Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!” he also saved Ponyboy when he could have saved himself instead. “Johnny shoved me toward the window “Get out!””
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A person who takes risks is someone who does things that may cost them on a personal level. However, Pony is not the hero because even though he helped save the kids too he didn’t quite do as much as Johnny. Johnny sacrificed his life to put an end to the battle of greasers vs. socs. When he died Dally told him they won the rumble, but Johnny wasn’t happy he said, “Useless… fighting’s no good….” He is the true hero because he came to realize the fighting was for nothing, fighting would get them nowhere and nobody was