Johnny, from the Outsiders by S.E Hinton, is the gang's pet and a loner. Johnny is a loner because he is different from the gang, always nervous about something, and just wants to be loved. He is very kind, but got beat up by 4 Socs, and he hasn’t been the same since. He also doesn’t have a good home life, as his parents either ignore him or beat him up. The gang is his family and a lot of times he doesn’t go home because his parents don’t even notice. The first reason why Johnny is a loner is because Johnny is different from the gang because his parents abuse him, and he likes things that almost no one in the gang likes besides Ponyboy. On Page 33, Ponyboy says that they were used to seeing Johnny banged up since his father clobbers him often. This shows that Johnny gets beat a lot and the only other person who gets beat up is Dally, as shown in this quote by Dally in chapter 6, after Johnny asked if his parents asked about him, he says “‘They didn’t. Blast it, Johnny, what do they matter? Shoot, my old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or …show more content…
Johnny is scared of everything because the Socs jumped him, and he doesn’t want it to happen again. He also never talks about it with people. On page 4, Ponyboy says “I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got a hold of him, and it wasn't pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.” This quote from the book is showing that Johnny was scared of everything after the Socs jumped him. Pony also said in chapter 2 that “After the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever.” Johnny also never talked about his beating. On page 46, Ponyboy says that he wanted to ask Johnny if the Socs they had seen earlier in the night were the ones that had beaten him, but Pony didn’t mention it. In this same paragraph, it says, “Johnny never talked about it [his beating] and we never said