In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade is a member of the Greasers gang who undergoes significant growth and maturity throughout the story. Multiple events in the story contribute to his change in perspective and his development as a person. Johnny in the beginning of the novel is timid and fearful but by the end of it hes seen as a brave hero. In the beginning of the novel Johnny is seen as fearful and very timid compared to the others in the Greasers. On page 11/12 Ponyboy says “He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and the beating he got from the Socs didnt help matters.” and Pony also says on page 12 “His father was always - beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except she was hacked off at something and …show more content…
Johnny is kind of forced to mature quickly, because being in a gang means you dont have time for “childish things” so Johnny isnt able to be a normal teenager. In a way being in the gang made him miss out on his childhood but, he didnt really have a choice since the socs were bullying him. On pg 16 Ponyboy says,”I remembered how awful Johnny had looked when he got beaten up. I had just as much right to use the streets as the Socs did, and Johnny had never hurt them.” here hes talking about one of the many times the Socs bullied Johnny, but now he has the gang to protect …show more content…
When youre a kid everythings new, dawn. Its just when you get used to everything that its day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. Thats gold. Keep that way, its a good way to be.” Hes telling Pony to pretty much appreciate the nice things in life while he can, poor Johnny couldnt because of the life he was being forced to live so now hes trying to help Pony experience the things he couldnt. He wants to help Ponyboy not end up like Dally, Dally is too angry to appreciate anything he has which inevitably led to his death so he doesnt want Pony to not be grateful of all the good things he
He is kind to his gang and helps people out and tries to learn but it isn't for him. Johnny also tries to emotionally help Pony when they were crying. He says to Pony, “stay gold, Ponyboy. stay gold…”pg. 148.
Like Ponyboy, Johnny does not fit into the Greaser gang. Ponyboy says to the reader at the beginning of the novel, “Johnny Cade was last and least. If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny. He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and that beating he got from the Socs didn't help matters (Hinton 11).” Stated in the quote, Pony explained in detail how Johnny can be considered as an outsider.
I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He'll probably think you're crazy, but ask for me. I don't think he’s ever really seen a sunset” (Hinton 178). In this quote Johnny is telling Ponyboy to have
The Outsiders is a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton that explores the hardships faced by both the poor and the rich. The Greasers walk in groups of gangs to protect each other from the Socs, while the socs beat the Greasers up and gang up on the greasers. The main character, Ponyboy, has his own gang and has a journey with Johnny and Dally when they kill a kid in self-defense. When they save kids from the church, they get injured and have to go to the hospital, where Johnny takes his last breath.
they were gonna beat me up….’ ” (57). He was scared because he had been beaten up before by the Socs and it scarred him emotionally. Ponyboy and Johnny run to Dally afterward to get advice and he tells them to go to Jay Mt. and camp out for a few months. Everyone is worried about Johnny and Ponyboy.
Many young adult novels are full of memorable charters. Many charters face obstacles and hardship and change due to it. At the beginning of S.E. Hinton’s Novel The Outsiders Dally is hard, cold, and unbreakable. however, at the end of the story, his emotions overcome him because of what he went through.
In S.E. Hinton's book, The Outsiders, many things and people change, but the most noticeable change was in Johnny Cade. Johnny had always been the quiet one, sitting back and doing whatever the others told him, but by the end of the book, everything had changed for him: who he was, what his situation was, and the confidence he had grew to enormous heights. This was a key part of the book because without these drastic changes in Johnny, the book would have stopped on chapter two. At first, Johnny was quiet and never talked back to anyone in the gang. His parents always treated him terribly and the gang was the closest thing he had to family, “. . .
Johnny probably had one of the worst lives of the greasers, yet he still managed to stay optimistic even after being beaten on an almost daily basis. Johnny would also stand up for people even after being isolated for most his life, as shown when Dallas was harassing Cherry and Marcia. Finally the most loyal of them all, even on his deathbed he stuck by his friends and only allowed them to vist and not his horrible mother that ignored him for most his life. After an abusive childhood most people would give up but Johnny cade stood amongst the Greasers with pride, not
Also when they were in the church Ponyboy says “He looked like he was having the time of his life”(Hinton, 79). This shows he loves saving people. A final reason he’s heroic is because Johnny shoved Ponyboy to the window to save Ponyboy instead of saving himself. This shows he cares more about others lives than his life.
Johnny shows Ponyboy that the world isn’t corrupt with mean people and that it is still full of good. Johnny stated in the note Ponyboy found in the book Gone With The Wild that it is was worth saving the kids even if it meant his life. He also stated that the poem in the book meant “He meant you’re gold when you’re a kid,like green… and don’t get bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world” (Hinton 178-9).
In the beginning of the novel, The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton, the author portrays Johnny Cade as a weak and helpless character in the book. He`s seen as a dynamic character that has gone through extremely tough times that are difficult for him to handle alone. ``He was the gangs`pet, everyones` kid brother``, if it hadn`t been for the gang Johnny would have never felt love nor affection. He always seemed to have an anxious and suspicious look in his eyes, he was a nervous wreck. He struggled in the areas of self-confidence and loving himself, that even the idea of suicide popped in his head.
The only time Johnny was ever noticed, was when his father was being abusive towards him. These actions traumatized Johnny, to the point of not truly trusting anyone at all. Johnny was a young boy who had already given up hope for love and acceptance at such a young age. Ignored by his family Johnny still kept living and found a family in his “gang”. Johnny, as part of the gang also witnessed his friends being beaten up by “socs”, or rich kids from the southside of town.
He is telling Pony to just enjoy life and to live life to the fullest. Johnny wants Pony to never stop dreaming about the future and to always be
This shows how he gained back his self-confidence and his ability to stand up for himself. Johnny finally found his acceptance from Dally when Dally said, “We’re all so proud of you” (148). When Dally said that Ponyboy noticed Johnny’s eyes glowing, “Dally was proud of him... That was all he ever wanted” (148). In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, “It’s worth saving those kids...
People are often misconceived for what they present on the outside, not what’s on the inside. This is shown in a number of characters in a number of novels. One of these novels, is called the Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton. In this novel, there is a boy named Johnny, who is in a gang called the greasers. He is like the pet of the gang, and without him, their is no balance between the gang mates.