Johnny felt as if no cared and that even if he lived in a gang his parents wouldn’t do anything. Another example is when Darry hits Ponyboy for being late home and Ponyboy runs away. Darry…
The whole conflict that lead to Bob dying started when Bob was beating up Ponyboy and Johnny disliked that. Also Johnny and Ponyboy are like friends so they stick up for each other, and help each other. They are in the same “gang” and that's what gangs do. After Johnny had enough of Bob beating up Ponyboy he came up behind Bob and stabbed him. Johnny really didn't have a choice on harming Bob because it looked like Bob was going to kill Ponyboy if Johnny didn't do anything. Ponyboy kept telling everyone that it was him who killed Bob because he couldn't face that Johnny…
Yesterday afternoon, the church began to burn and continued throughout last night. Unfortunately there was children inside the church. Then Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade were close to the church and they heard screaming from inside the church. They went into window of the burning church to search for children. They rescued all children and took safety place before the roof crumbles.…
On a sweltering day in July, our hometown hero represented Torrance in Olympic fashion. Louie Zamperini attempted his bid at a spot on the US Olympic team yesterday during the grueling 5000m race at the Olympic Trials. For those of you who do not know, this distance is unfamiliar territory for Louie, but he felt that his chances of winning a spot were better in this race.…
Together they discuss and recall their adventures and crazy childhood. It starts off with Rusty playing pool at Benny's when he hears that Biff Wilcox, a tuff gangster wants to kill him because he swore at Biff's girlfriend. Rusty acts real cool about it and pretends not to care. He goes to Patty's house, his girlfriend, and she pleads him not to fight anymore and he's just like this is the last one, but she doesn't believe him anyway. After that he goes to the parking lot where the fight is taking place. He sees his friends there and he also sees Biff's friends there. He counts the people and makes sure no one brought any weapons just like his brother, the motorcycle boy taught him to do just before a fight. They start cussing each other out and then the fight starts, while everyone else watches. Biff pulls out a blade and this makes the fight unfair. But still Rusty manages to take him down and knocks the crap out of him. While Biff is on the floor Motorcycle Boy walks in the middle of the fight and gets pissed of at his little brother. While Rusty is distracted Biff gets up and cuts Rusty on his side above his hips. Motorcycle boy gets angry by seeing this so he breaks Biff's wrist and leaves him lying there. All of Biff's friends abandon him when Motorcycle Boy arrives, as he is sort of the legend of the town because he used to be the leader of the former gang of the neighbourhood called…
To begin, Cherry has the same conversation with pony where she says that things are rough on both sides of the city. A lot of the dialog in the movie is word for word with the book. Pony and Darry also both make it the church in Windrixville, and cut and dye their hair. Pony and Johnny later go back into the church to rescue kids from the fire. Two-Bit also makes a comment about how darry would be a soc if it weren't for The gang. Pony also has the same conversation with Randy about how he doesn't want to fight in the rumble. As the greasers prepare for the rumble, Darry expresses concern about how Pony didn't look well, and should not fight in the rumble. Darry also wears the same shirt that shows off all of his muscles. After the rumble, Dally and Pony are escorted to the hospital by the motorcycle police officer. Just before Johnny dies, he tells Pony to stay…
Since Ponyboy is a Greaser, a Greaser usually gets jumped by a Socs. While Ponyboy tells about how Johnny got jumped, Ponyboy also gets jumped for the first time. “‘ I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that. Johnny was sixteen then.” Page 5. Also on the same page, "Need a haircut, greaser?" The medium-sized blond pulled a knife out of his back pocket and flipped the blade open….."Are you alright, Ponyboy?"” This shows how the Socs jumps onto a Greaser. However, after getting jumped, his brother, Darry helps him and carries him to help him out. Another example is when Ponyboy and Johnny just finished watching the movies and when the Socs came to fight against them. This quote shows how Johnny is loyal to Ponyboy and helping him out. “"You really killed him, huh, Johnny?" "Yeah." His voice quavered slightly. "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up...."”…
Johnny, the person who doesn’t have a perfectly satisfactory family, is a little bit cowardice. In order to save Ponyboy from Socs, he forces himself to revolt but he killed the leader of Socs, and things become worse. He and…
Johnny was protecting Pony and stabbed and killed Bob, a soc, who was also Cherry’s boyfriend. Johnny and Pony were scared and ran away to an old abandoned church to avoid going to jail. Dally came and picked them up to get something to eat since they were starving. As they were eating, Dally told the boys that the “good-looking broad from the drive-in”, otherwise known as Cherry, was now a spy for the greasers. She also told the truth about what actually happened during the court case. Johnny was dead at this time, but it proved that Pony was innocent.…
This story is about a group of kids that are called Greasers, because they live on the East side of town, which is the lower income part of the city. They all slick back their hair with grease, and that's where the name Greasers came from. Ponyboy Curtis is the main character in this story, and he has 2 brothers, one named Darry, and the other named Sodapop. One night Johnny and Ponyboy are out at the park, and a group of Socs, the nickname for Rich Kids, came by and started beating them up. One of them stuffed Ponyboy's face into the fountain and tried to drown him, so Johnny stabbed him before he killed Ponyboy. The boy that he stabbed died, and so they went to a friend who gave them money and a gun to run away with. They ran away to an abandoned church, and one day Dallas, the friend who gave them the supplies came by and took them out to lunch, and when they returned the church was one fire. Johnny and Pony saved the kids inside, and a piece of wood fell on Johnny and he broke his back. He died in the hospital a few days later, and Dallas couldn't take it so he robbed a grocery store and took out an unloaded gun when the police came, so they shot and killed him. Exposition: The gang is introduced and the…
Teenagers are shown in a variety of texts to be, violent, disrespectful, disruptive and corrupt. S.E. Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders’ reveal teenagers to be juvenile delinquents who are violent and whose only interest is remaining faithful to their gang and its members.…
Two boys named Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis have been said to be missing since the murder has taken place, and are suspected to be involved. The police showed up at 5:13 am and investigated the scene. Cade and Curtis were of course nowhere to be found, and Curtis’s older brother also called police and reported him missing. Detectives and search parties searched the whole town, but the boys were still nowhere to be found.…
The scare of Ponyboy getting jumped and threatened, and the murder of Bob show the violence that results from the hate and spite of divided groups. In the story there many negative examples and consequences from the gang life. The gangs were small groups, within the community in which bad choices were made out of loyalty to the group, and to the gang as a whole. All member of the gangs seemed to have great love for one another, and would sacrifice for each other, but the hatred they shared caused so much sadness and pain within the…
The two gangs in our story are the Greasers which come from the economically struggling east side while the socs their rival gang come from the economically thriving west side. In chapter 1 Ponyboy explains his life how his parents died in a car accident and how he lives with his 2 brothers Sodapop and Darry he then goes on to state the current relationship of the gang how they are in a constant gang war. After explaining he is shown walking down the street and he states that he is in danger because he is labeled by society as a “Greaser” because he was walking on the east side. As if foreshadowing what was going to happen a car with four socs attacked ponyboy which then turned into a full out gang…
Johnny and Ponyboy escape to an abandoned church, and a few days later the church catches fire. Johnny and Ponyboy run into the church to save a group of small children trapped inside, despite Dally’s objections. Dally then runs in after them to help. Ponyboy and Dally escape with minor injuries, but Johnny’s injuries are much worse. If he survived, he would be crippled for life. Johnny dies the next day, right in front of Ponyboy and Dally. Dally loses it, and runs out. Ponyboy goes home to find out that Dally robbed a grocery store. He goes to the lot right in time to see Dally pull out an unloaded gun on the police, instantly being shot and killed.…