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Importance Of Friendship In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

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How far would you go for a friend? In The Outsiders Johnny and Ponyboy have one of the strongest friendships. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Ponyboy and Johnny value their friendship. They do this by helping each other and having each other’s back. An example of this is when Johnny saves Ponyboy from drowning. Another example of when they save each other is when Ponyboy admits that he murdered Bob just to let Johnny’s name not be bad. Lastly, Johnny saves Ponyboy from major injuries by pushing Ponyboy out of a burning building. As I said previously, Ponyboy was getting drowned by Bob so Johnny attacked the person who was drowning him. This allowed Ponyboy to not get injured. I know this because the text states “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up...." (Hinton, 18). This shows that Johnny saves Ponyboy when he was drowning …show more content…

I know this because the text states “Johnny shoved me toward the window. Get out! I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me” (Hinton, 29). This shows that Johnny was willing to get his friend out of harm and take the harm himself when the wood fell on Johnny. Another reason that shows Ponyboy doesn’t get hurt much but Johnny does is when the text states “I had been checked over, and except for a few burns and a big bruise across my back, I was all right…His back had been broken when that piece of timber fell on him. He was in severe shock and suffering from third-degree burns” (Hitnon, 32). This shows Johnny being in the building with a fire. He came out with a lot of damage to his body but Ponyboy wasn’t very hurt. There is friendship shown here since Johnny sacrificed his body so his friend didn’t get hurt as

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