Murder In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Johnny Cade is being charged with manslaughter. He and his friend Ponyboy were caught up in a tragic predicament in which they fought five drunk Socs. A lot of people say, “Johnny was in no case to predict what would’ve happened. Ponyboy Curtis was surrounded by five drunk Socs. It was self-defense.” Honestly, there was no self-defense at all. I believe there was no justice in stabbing Bob. Murder is murder and shouldn’t go unpunished unless it was done unintentionally. Johnny is guilty on the account of murder. His friend and him played a very crucial part when the five drunk soc where coming at them. “A cool deadly bluff could sometime shake them off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk.” (54) Ponyboy and Johnny played a part of what went down because they simply could have walked away. It takes at least two sides to form a fight. There were five of them and the moment the Soc came out the car is when they could have gotten out the

He probably thought what he did was wrongful. Who’s to say it wasn’t first-degree murder? First-degree murder is a murder that is premeditated. For example, say if Steven comes home to finds his wife Sarah in bed with another man named Sheldon. Two days later, Sheldon waits behind a tree nearby. When Steven comes out of his house, Steven shoots and kills him. This shows that he got killed unlawfully for no reason. This is exactly what Johnny did. Killing Bob was unlawful with deliberation. Meaning not only did he kill Bob, but it wasn’t a legally justifiable reason to kill him. Also If you go around with knives it's no excuses saying it was self-defense. This means he was planning you use it. Furthermore, no child should be walking around with