Johnny Crisis In The Outsiders

Johnny Cade, “the little Dark puppy that was kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers,” as Ponyboy, Johnny’s friend, states in page eleven. In the novel, The Outsiders, by Susan Eloise Hinton, Johnny Cade is a character who goes through resilient phases in his life. Some phases are on how he created his inflection points, his inflection points, and the ramifications. Johnny is doubtless the first one, and one to have the most, to have a tremendous crisis then the other characters. Johnny’s first cause is when he is jumped by Bob’s group. There is no evidence that can support this cause for the novel does not explain on this event that much for it is from Ponyboy’s view, not Johnny’s. His second crossroad was when Bob’s social group were drowning Ponyboy and Johnny used self defence against them. “I’m drowning, I thought, they’ve gone too far… A red haze filled my mind and I slowly relaxed,” (page fifty-six).
The turning points in Johnny’s wild journey of life
After the experience at the lot, Johnny, who is the most law abiding person in the “gang”, has now broke the law on carrying a six-inch switchblade. “And Johnny, who is the most law-abiding of us, now carried a six-inch switchblade,” (page thirty-four). Johnny and Ponyboy leave the murder scene to find Darry to get a plan, money, and a gun. “‘We’ll need money. And maybe a gun. And a plan.’ Money. Maybe a gun? A plan. Where in the world would we get these things? ‘Dally,’ Johnny said with finality. ‘Dally’ll get us ottta here.’” (page fifty-eight). Johnny is the character who Susan Eloise Hinton created to have the most extreme events happen in his life. There were the causes of inflection points, the actual inflection points, and the effects of the inflection points.These three components make the perfect batter for a character with the potential of a dynamic