ipl-logo

Murder In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

635 Words3 Pages

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 …show more content…

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

Show More
Related
581 Words | 3 Pages

) This means that he killed Bob for a reason and that was to protect Ponyboy from his death and it wasn't an intent to kill off of anger from the previous attacking, So this obviously proves that he killed Bob for a reason and that was to protect Ponyboy. The second reason Johnny is innocent is that he was trying to protect himself. He tries to protect himself because they were about to jump and Johnny says in the text that they had switchblades too.

Read More
692 Words | 3 Pages

When Horford lunged for the knife, Brewer stabbed him once in the arm and once just under the ribcage. Horford fell against a lamppost, bleeding from his injuries. Brewer then took another swing with the knife and severed Horford’s left ear from his head. At the hospital, doctors were able to re-attach Horford’s ear with minimal scarring. QUESTION PRESENTED Does Harvey Brewer’s switchblade attack against Jack Horford constitute aggravated mayhem under section 205 of the California Penal Code?

Read More
318 Words | 2 Pages

But what I can argue is the “Why?”. Ponyboy was getting drowned so he did not see anything. BUT, Cherry Valance has already testified that Bob was intoxicated and Johnny was using self-defense. We also know that these “Socs” constantly like to jump and/or beat up the “Greasers”. It is been confirmed that Johnny

Read More
444 Words | 2 Pages

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, A 16 year old boy Johnny Cade was attacked by a car full of socs. Later on he and his best friend, Ponyboy Curtis, were attacked by the same Socs again leading to Johnny killing Bob Sheldon. In this case, Johnny Cade is not justified in what he did and is guilty. Johnny is claimed guilty for the murder because he wanted revenge against Bob, he could have only easily injured Bob, and he and Pony fled from the crime scene and got a gun from Dally.

Read More
333 Words | 2 Pages

Billy Bud Sailor Would you bash a man with your fist, if he didn’t understand you? And if so would you get the death penalty? That’s exactly what Billy Bud had to face. Everyone agrees that Billy went to court, and some believe that he shouldn’t have obtained the death penalty, while others think he should.

Read More
929 Words | 4 Pages

The group of Socs started to violently drown Ponyboy in the fountain and attack Johnny. In order to save Ponyboy, Johnny grabbed the knife he carried for self-defence and stabbed Bob, the most respected Soc. This violent scene shows that there are outcomes to violence and in this situation the consequence was Johnny and Ponyboy had to run away for some time and alter their identity. Another example of violence being portrayed in the novel is during the rumble. It was a brutal event with no specified rules that would prove which social class is more powerful through gang violence.

Read More
713 Words | 3 Pages

Even so, Johnny should not be charged with murder because because he has all of the things from , for example he has post-traumatic stress(PTSD) from him getting beat by Bob before we know this because the marks on Johnny match with the rings. However, according to First Degree Murder vs. Second Degree Murder the text says “There are certain circumstances that might reduce the sentencing from first or second degree murder to manslaughter or homicide. Depression, post-traumatic stress, mental disorders and self defence”. This shows that Johnny was under symptoms of ptsd. depression, post-traumatic stress, mental disorders and self defence.

Read More
720 Words | 3 Pages

Terry wants justice for Joey Doyle’s murder. Doyle only wanted justice for his town, and to get the justice, he agreed to testify against Friendly. Friendly had murdered Joey Doyle and made his murder seem like a suicide. At the end of On the Waterfront, Terry testifies against felon Johnny Friendly. Terry testifies against Friendly because Friendly murdered Doyle.

Read More
383 Words | 2 Pages

Johnny has smoked cigarettes but never has he kill someone. Johnny Cade suffered from numerous events to lead him to kill Bob. Therefore, he should not be punished to the extent of the law. To start, toxic stress is very atrocious to young teenagers. Researchers say, “Harsh or authoritarian parenting causes toxic stress in children.

Read More
463 Words | 2 Pages

This is like a person trying to cheat of another kid on a test. I think this is a good thing to do helping another buddy out that might go to jail because he killed someone in self defense. Jail is like someone just lost their most important family member. How would that make you feel that is how much jail means to Dally. He might’ve not helped them and let Johnny go to jail but no he didn't he risked his life to keep his friend out of jail.

Read More
517 Words | 3 Pages

Cyntoia Brown was a girl who just had a bad run of luck through her life, her mother having habits of substance abuse while pregnant with her and then leaving Cyntoia with a foster family. Cyntoia left that family fairly early in life, soon falling into a life of drugs, prostitution, and physical abuse, drifting from home to home as she was raped and assaulted by those around her. She eventually began prostituting under a man known under the alias “Kut-Throat” who abused Cyntoia both physically and sexually, such as brandishing firearms towards her and demanding her to strip. One night, as Cyntoia was 16 years old, she was “working” for her pimp, and was picked up by 43 year old Johnny Allan for sex. Following a brief tour of Allan’s home and a brief conversation regarding some of the items Allan owned, the two were in his bedroom when Cyntoia claims Allan went for an item under his bed, at which point she says she felt threatened, retrieved a gun from her purse, and shot Johnny before he could hurt her.

Read More
947 Words | 4 Pages

A clear sign of the gangs influence on Johnny was when he decided to prevent the Soc’s from drowning Ponyboy and defending himself instead of letting the Socs beat them up and have them possibly drown Ponyboy. More specifically, after finally fighting back and killing Bob, he says to Ponyboy “‘I killed him’ he said slowly. ‘I killed that boy”’(Hinton 56). Here the author is explaining how shocked Johnny was once he killed the Soc.

Read More
971 Words | 4 Pages

Hook: Would you ever convict an innocent boy who acted out of defense of himself and his friend of murdering person who constantly attacks him? The answer should be no. Background information: Known as his “greaser gang’s” pet, Johnny Cade grew up in a household with no role models. Not only was he constantly bullied at home, he was attacked outside as well. Johnny was continuously being assaulted by Socs looking for trouble and he would never fully recover from the trauma in which he has been through.

Read More
613 Words | 3 Pages

Many people have used violence to solve problems that they have at some point in their life, but as you look back at what you accomplished, you realized that violence doesn’t help you in a good way. Ponyboy learned that the hard way. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that using violence against your rival(s) isn’t the solution, it is the problem. One scene that reveals the idea that violence isn’t the answer and that it can only hurt others, was in Chapter 3 when ponyboy talks about what happened to Johnny. He said, “Johnny was lying face down on the ground.

Read More
526 Words | 3 Pages

Although Johnny knew it was the right choice, some of the buildings debris fell on Johnny’s back, fell on Johnny’s back,which broke his spine and killed him. Ponyboy was terrified when Johnny saved the kids, and when Johnny’s injury affected him badly. But when Ponyboy found out Johnny was going to die he was horrified. Ponyboy said, “Then I heard Johnny scream, and as I turned to go back to him, Dally swore behind me and clubbed me as hard as he could across the back (pg.93)”. From this text we can infer that Ponyboy wanted to help when he heard Johnny scream, but

Read More

More about Murder In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

Related Topics

Open Document