Soon after they arrived, five intoxicated Socs showed up to start some trouble. The Socs told them to stay away, then all chaos broke loose: “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’... ‘I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you.
At the park, a group of Socs tried to drown Ponyboy. Johnny was infuriated and killed one of the Socs named Bob. The boys realized what they had done and decided to run away. They asked Dally to help them and he gave them some money and a gun. Pony and Johnny took a train to the countryside to hide in an abandoned church.
Robert Sheldon murdered October 24th 1962 detectives are currently hunting the killers guided by an anonymous tip stating that the killers are headed for Texas. Through thorough investigation the murder weapon was identified as a knife or switchblade. Tulsa Police believe the killers to be 14 year old Ponyboy Curtis, and 16 year old Johnny Cade who went missing the night of the murder. Detectives believe the murder was an act of self defense as they found strands of dark hair matching that of Ponyboy Curtis. A water test ran by Tulsa police detectives show a high amount of fresh hair grease in the fountain in the park matching the description of Curtis even more.
Ponyboy tried to make a run for it but had his arm grabed. The Soc brought hm to a nearby fountain and held his head under water until he blacked out. Johnny should not be guilty because he saved Ponyboys’s life. He was simply just protecting himself and his friend. Another reason it was self defense was because the Socs initiated the fight.
Johnny should not face punishment for killing Bob because it was self-defense. When he did it, he saw the Socs killing Ponyboy and reacted by stabbing him. He was provoked and could have gotten extremely hurt. This point is further proven when Johnny states, “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony.
Johnny was said, “That’s why I killed Bob.” Ponyboy said, “My friend Johnny killed Bob to save me, his men were trying to drown me.” Even though Johnny acted in self-defense they are still charging them with manslaughter. The cops are looking for them now in Texas. The Socs and Greasers are in a big dispute.
The Socs were in Greaser territory. Bob and his friends were trying to drown Ponyboy, while some were about to beat up Johnny. The only way Johnny could stop them was to kill Bob, so Johnny stabbed him. Ponyboy asked, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’ ‘Yeah.’
They might have killed you…they were gonna beat me up….’” (S.E. Hinton 57), the narrator, Ponyboy, states that Johnny’s voice “quavered slightly”, signifying that Johnny was nervous about this decision. However, following that statement, Johnny says that he “had to” since they could have killed Ponyboy. It takes a huge amount of courage to protect one's friends in the extreme way Johnny did, and, even though this did result in Bob’s death, this was Ponyboy and Johnny’s second time being attacked by the Socs. Considering the damage it caused Johnny the first time, it would not be a stretch to imagine Bob would, without a moment's hesitation, let David drown Ponyboy, had Johnny not
In the book, The Outsiders, Johnny kills those Socs to prevent them from drowning Ponyboy. However, his action generates great impact on the people in the society. According to conversation between Ponyboy and Randy, it has been mentioned that “He's dead--- his mother has had a nervous breakdown” and “Randy tried to grin” (98). From this case, it is obvious that the death of Bob generates great impact on the people around him for it causes a enormous heartbreak of Bob’s mother and everyone who
Even though he killed some one he was still saving Pony. Pony thinks “Next thing I knew I woke up on the pavement beside the fountain”(p.56) after he almost drown. Johnny saved Pony from being drowned. He helped Pony get the kids out of the burning church. This quote from the book states Johnny saved kids from dying in a burning church“the door was blocked by flames, pushed open the window and tossed out the nearest kid.
In this scene of the book the socs drove up to Ponyboy and Johnny then they ended up trying to drown
When Ponyboy asked Cherry if she wanted to see Johnny, was was recovering from the accident, she declined and merely “‘. . .couldn 't,’ she said, in a quiet, desperate voice. ‘He killed Bob. Oh, maybe Bob asked for it, I know he did. But I couldn 't ever look at the person who killed him.
Consequently with all that was going on at that moment, Johnny defended himself and Ponyboy who is one of the Greasers. Furthermore, Ponyboy responds saying, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny? ‘Yeah.’ His voice quivered slightly. ‘I had to.
Pony could tell that they were drunk. The Socs surrounded them at the fountain. A Soc shoved Pony’s head in the fountain and held it underwater until he blacked out. Once Pony had regained consciousness, Jonny tells Pony that he killed Bob. He explains that he only killed him because they would have drowned Pony, had a blade, and were going to beat up Jonny like they had done before.
His own girlfriend, Cherry Valance is against it although he doesn’t care and still gets crazily drunk. “His parents let him run wild” and didn’t set boundaries. Bob doesn't work for anything, but he ironically gets everything he wants. PonyBoy wonders if it’s "because they loved him too much” or they loved him “too little?" Bob was also the main soc responsible for the beating of Johnny, and him and his gang was responsible for almost drowning ponyboy which led to Johnny stabbing
