Essay On Johnny The Outsiders

“Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about a group of greasers from Tulsa, OK during the mid-1960’s who battle with rich Socs and about the main character/narrator Ponyboy growing up. One character that stands out in the story is Johnny because he greatly impacts the plot. He is a dynamic character that has an ironic change in the way he acts and is a round character who shows multiple sides of his emotions. Three characteristic traits about Johnny are nervous, caring, and brave.
This character can be described as nervous for many reasons. One example of when Johnny was nervous was on page 24 where it says, “Johnny was always nervous around strangers.” This was when him, Dally, and Ponyboy were at a movie and Johnny seen Cherry and Marcia, and barely managed a shy,
This is apparent when Johnny and Ponyboy went to bed in the church, and had to get supplies in the morning. On page 69 it reads, “I pushed off Johnny’s jean jacket, which had somehow got thrown across me. I looked around wildly, almost panic-stricken, but then caught sight of some crooked lettering written in the dust of the floor. Went to get supplies. Be back soon. J.C.” This shows that Johnny cared for Ponyboy and let him sleep and gave him the jacket to keep warm. Another case was where Johnny was dying and wrote this down and put it in the copy of Gone with the Wind. On page 178 it states, “It’s worth saving those kids.” This means he felt the kids had more to live for than he did. As you can see Johnny is kind because he put others before himself on multiple occasions.
The final and most important description of Johnny is brave. In one instance Dally was messing with Cherry and started to put his arm around her. It’s on page 24 and it recites, “Johnny reached over and stopped him. “Leave her alone, Dally.” It is shocking that he said this because no one tells Dallas Winston what to do without getting