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Johnny A Hero
A hero is someone that is admired for his braveness and outstanding achievements. Which refers to someone that behaves the same way as Superman or Spider Man. The Outsiders, is a novel by S.E. Hinton. It's about the conflicts between the Socs and greasers. In the story, Johnny, is a fourteen year old boy who is always being nice to people. Throughout the story, he did a lot of heroic things that make him a hero. For example, he helped Ponyboy fought the Socs and saved the kids from the church. Therefore, Johnny is considered a hero. Johnny is the youngest member of the greaser gang, Ponyboy, his best friend, even though they're not at the same age.

Right after the movie, Johnny and Ponyboy were sleeping in the vacant lot. When Ponyboy woke
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They were looking for Dally, because he's the only one that can help. Dally handed a loaded pistol to Johnny and gave them some bills in case if they need it. He told them to go to the church on top of the Jay Mountain in Windrixville. They hopped on a train and finally they arrived Windrixville. Ponyboy asked an old man the way to Jay Mountain. After a long periods of time, they finally reached the mountain. There was an old, abandoned church, they broke the windows and went into it. It was dark inside, everything was dusty, they roughly cleaned the surfaces and lay down. The second morning, Ponyboy woke up and there was no one around him, he saw a message on the dusty ground that Johnny wrote on,”Be back soon.” He then made his way to the tap and washed his face, suddenly, he heard someone walking and he jumped into a hole that had been dug by nobody. It was Johnny, he was holding a tray of breads and stuff. They cut their greasy hair off with a switchblade and bleached them. They needed a new look or the cops would recognized them. They were eating and eating, a sudden huge noise that scared them, it was Dally, he brought a letter from Sodapop, Ponyboy’s brother and then they drove to a store and bought some fast food. While they were driving back, they saw the smoke from the far side, it was the church on fire, and there were kids in it, Johnny and Ponyboy jumped off the car and rushed into the church, they all got injured. Johnny was the most serious one of all, he was in a critical condition, he couldn't feel anything on his back and the

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