Character Analysis Essay Johnny The Outsiders
Johnny Analysis Essay
As Henry Ford once said, “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” This quote relates to Ponyboy’s relationship with Johnny as he makes
Johnny a better person through many of the challenges they face together. The
Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a boy who struggles with the division of two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. He faces many obstacles in his life regarding his own family and the Socs. One character in the story is Johnny who is
Ponyboy’s best friend. Johnny is a dynamic character because he starts off as a shy little boy to a confident and noble teenager.
In the beginning of the story, Johnny is a sad little boy. Ponyboy describes
Johnny as “a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers…” (Hilton, 11). This quote shows how Johnny appears in the eyes of his gang members, but Johnny was not like this from the time he was born.
After being jumped by the Socs and being abused by his parents, he acts suspicious all the time. And if he was not being abused by his parents, he would be ignored, and to escape this torture, he stays away from home for long periods of time. He lives in constant fear of something bad happening to him even though he has his whole gang supporting him and preventing him from committing suicide
In the middle of the book, Johnny tells Dally to stop harassing the Socs girls. Dally stops and the girls thank Johnny for standing up for them. He starts to speak up for himself and people acknowledge him for doing so. Later on in the story, Johnny kills Bob for trying to drown Ponyboy in the fountain. ”’I killed
him,’he said slowly. ’I killed the boy.’...’I had to. They were drowning you Pony. They might have killed you,’” (Hinton, 56). Johnny is willing to do anything to save a friend’s life, which demonstrates his generosity and audacity. When they were driving back to the church, they see it burning probably from a cigarette they lit
earlier.
As Henry Ford once said, “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” This quote relates to Ponyboy’s relationship with Johnny as he makes
Johnny a better person through many of the challenges they face together. The
Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a boy who struggles with the division of two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. He faces many obstacles in his life regarding his own family and the Socs. One character in the story is Johnny who is
Ponyboy’s best friend. Johnny is a dynamic character because he starts off as a shy little boy to a confident and noble teenager.
In the beginning of the story, Johnny is a sad little boy. Ponyboy describes
Johnny as “a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers…” (Hilton, 11). This quote shows how Johnny appears in the eyes of his gang members, but Johnny was not like this from the time he was born.
After being jumped by the Socs and being abused by his parents, he acts suspicious all the time. And if he was not being abused by his parents, he would be ignored, and to escape this torture, he stays away from home for long periods of time. He lives in constant fear of something bad happening to him even though he has his whole gang supporting him and preventing him from committing suicide
In the middle of the book, Johnny tells Dally to stop harassing the Socs girls. Dally stops and the girls thank Johnny for standing up for them. He starts to speak up for himself and people acknowledge him for doing so. Later on in the story, Johnny kills Bob for trying to drown Ponyboy in the fountain. ”’I killed
him,’he said slowly. ’I killed the boy.’...’I had to. They were drowning you Pony. They might have killed you,’” (Hinton, 56). Johnny is willing to do anything to save a friend’s life, which demonstrates his generosity and audacity. When they were driving back to the church, they see it burning probably from a cigarette they lit
earlier.