The poor were known as trouble, the rich were goody-two-shoes, but what if the Soc's were actually adverse and Greasers heroes? In the story "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton, there was two gangs of boys, the Greaser's and the Soc's. The Soc's were perfect little rich boys who lived on the West Side, the Greaser were known as poor rebellious boys who were only looking for fun in trouble. Johnny and Ponyboy were Greasers, the boys were roped into an unsettling fight, where Johnny was protecting himself and Pony. While protecting himself he killed a Soc' name Bob in self defence. Johnny Cade is NOT guilty of premeditated first degree manslaughter. This is believed because the boys were demonstrating self-defense and had the support from the deseased persons girlfriend. …show more content…
Bob and the other Soc's was drowning Ponyboy and threatening to harm Johnny Cade's personal being. Johnny and Pony were walking around the park on the Greaser's compromised territory agreed by the Soc's. The two boys were by the water fountain when the Soc's drove up threatening to use violence towards Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis. They grabbed Ponyboy and tried drowning him and were cornering Johnny for in their own words "picking up there girls."
In the text it states clearly,"I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade . . . they were gonna beat me up . . ." Obviously, in any scenerio similiar to this situation, protecting yourself would be the most common thing to do. Although, using a knife wasn't the most ideal, there was no way he could walk out of this situation un harmed. Johnny had every right to protect himself any way he possibly could. In this instance, so far, Johnny Cade has not proven to be