Johnny In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

“Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save life” (The Fray). In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the greasers experience some heartache and pain from losing a few friends. The greasers were all like family, so it was very hard on them. Losing one in particularly special greaser, Johnny, was saddening and hard on a lot of the members of the group. Surely almost all of the group members wish Johnny was still with them, Johnny kept their group together and out of trouble. Without him, things could go wrong. Johnny may have been a shy kid, but he was also very heroic and brave. As the book goes on, his true colors start to show. Johnny was a quiet kid who as time went on, expanded into a brave and

He didn’t talk much, he stayed quiet and was pretty shy. Here in the novel Dally asks if anyone would like to join him at the Nightly Double the following day. Ponyboy then speaks for himself and Johnny. “I knew Johnny wouldn’t open his mouth unless he was forced to” (14). Directly from the novel, this piece of dialogue helps show that Johnny is indeed a shy kid. Ponyboy takes action and volunteers both himself and his buddy Johnny, knowing that Johnny wouldn’t say anything about going unless someone made him do so. But a little bit later in the novel Ponyboy tells the reader that he too is quiet like Johnny is. “I have quite a rep for being quiet, almost as quiet as Johnny” (39). Here Ponyboy is saying how he can tend to be a little quiet, but just still not as quiet as Johnny. Pony being on the younger side out of all of the gang members, can still be more outgoing or louder than Johnny. All of this shows from within their personalities. And Johnny, well he is just a quiet person, this changed though. Johnny was a quiet kid who as time went on, expanded into a brave and heroic gang