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Johnny Is The Hero In The Outsiders
Who really is the hero in the Outsiders? Is it Johnny, He saves the kids in the church,Is it Dallas? He saved Ponyboy from the church, or is it Darry, Who stay with his brother instead of becoming a socs.Well Ponyboy is the real hero in the Outsiders.

When Ponyboy and Johnny were in the church johnny dropped his cancer stick on the floor and made the church burn. A hero makes mistakes sometimes but this hero burns a church and a hero does not burn churches. Johnny did go in the church to save the kids in the church even if he did that, a hero always come back alive, unless they get sick and die.People think that the hardest part is picking who's the hero between Johnny and Ponyboy. That’s the most easiest Question ever hord,it's ponyboy,why?He’s still alive.
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He save Ponyboy and almost saved Johnny but didn’t. Heros don’t fail to save people,even though he did save Johnny, he died. Also Dallas robbed a store and what kind of hero tries to rob a store and gets killed. Dallas was a hood but he was a hero. Ponyboy was a hood too but he’s still alive.

People agree that Ponyboy is the hero, while some people think that Darry is the hero.Darry give up everything when his mom and dad die from an accident. He had to give up the scholar to go to a good college and have a good future day, Instead of doing all that he choose his brother over a better life.

People still say that ponyboy is the hero,he is a hero because of his bravery in the courthouse for standing up for Johnny and was a hero writing the story of the outsiders.People might think that Johnny is the hero but most people say that Ponyboy is the

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