A hero can be anyone such as your friend, your next door neighbor, or even your sibling. A hero is a person who will risk their life or defend others from harm’s way. In “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy is a hero. Johnny is a hero because kills someone to save an innocent person. Cherry teaches Ponyboy lessons about her experiences which also makes her a hero.
In the book The Outsiders, author S.E Hinton changes Johnny’s character from shy and nervous in the beginning to brave. She uses the fire scene in chapter 6 to reveal this new side of Johnny by having him heroically rescue the children and save Ponyboy’s life. Firstly, Johnny is so shy and nervous around people he’s always quiet and can barely say hi. The text states, "“Johnny wouldn’t open his mouth unless he was forced to.”
1.) Introduction A hero never rests. A hero is someone who acts with justice and helps others. examples of hero’s are Ponyboy, Johnny and Darry. Ponyboy is a good person who risks his life for others in need.
Heroes are all around you but you just need to find them. In the novel The Outsiders Johnny is a hero. S.E. Hinton uses Johnny Cade's vulnerable personality and broken home life in The Outsiders to suggest that heroes do not have to be perfect.
I walk out of the house and nobody says anything. I stay out all night and nobody cares. ”(page ) Despite the fact that his parents don’t care about him, Johnny is willing to stand up for the whole gang. When the Socs jump him and Pony, a teenage boy in the gang and the youngest among all of the members, Pony is drowned by one of the Socs, Johnny says, “I had to…”
This is proven during the aftermath discussion between Johnny and Pony. “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’ ‘Yeah.’ His voice quavered slightly. ‘I had to.
“He wasn’t scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (Hinton 92). Sometimes people show great change from just a single moment in their lives. Occasionally, even characters in literature have an experience similar to this. More specifically, in S.E. Hinton’s riveting novel
In the beginning of the novel, The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, the author portrays Johnny Cade as a weak and helpless character in the book. He`s seen as a dynamic character that has gone through extremely tough times that are difficult for him to handle alone. ``He was the gangs`pet, everyones` kid brother``, if it hadn`t been for the gang Johnny would have never felt love nor affection. He always seemed to have an anxious and suspicious look in his eyes, he was a nervous wreck. He struggled in the areas of self-confidence and loving himself, that even the idea of suicide popped in his head.
The character Johnny grows in major ways throughout The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnny was a greaser, His best friend was Ponyboy, the main character. Johnny was a dynamic character, he contributed a lot to the main theme. Johnny had bad parents and committed murder. Soon after his bad acts, he became a hero.
Pony jumped into a church that was on fire with Johnny on his tail. They went to where the kids were in the church and got the kids out. The price for doing that was Johnny getting severely injured. Pon and Johnny could’ve died by that fire by being trapped by it or being burnt alive.
In young adult literature there are many characters who leave a perennial impression on the reader. Many of these are considered dynamic characters because of changes they induced throughout the plot. In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Johnny Cade is a character that goes through a major change in personality. At first a boy who is afraid of his own shadow, Johnny turns into a gallant hero that risked his life to save children.
Johnny saves Ponyboy from the Socs, comes up with a disguise, and saves people including Ponyboy from a burning church. For instance Johnny saves Ponyboy’s life from Socs by scaring them away. The Socs were attacking Ponyboy and Johnny had
Have you ever made a decision where you felt it was wrong, but it was the right thing to do? Well, many have. Many different situations can occur, but it is an often feeling. One book describes that internal conflict. It depicts a boy named Johnny who had to take action even though it was a hard decision to make.
Certain circumstances often lead to change in a person. Johnny’s character has changed dramatically from the beginning of the book to chapter 6 of the Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton. Johnny, at the beginning of the book, was described as very paranoid, nervous, and timid and described as a little lost puppy that has been kicked too many times by Ponyboy. “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny” (Hinton 19). “He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes…”
They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade. '(57) " This shows that Johnny is the biggest hero because he took a stand against the Socs to protect Ponyboy no matter the
