the same thoughts. Johnny was such a huge part of their family for both them and their children. All Roy could do was think of the same questions‚ over and over: What if Johnny didn’t recover? What if something happened and the worse came to worse‚ how would they all deal with it? What would happen if he didn’t wake up? What if Johnny was stuck in his past forever? Where would he go? How would the kids react? How would Johnny react if he did recover‚ but only partly? What if Johnny couldn’t be part
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to do that; sometimes ordinary people can unexpectedly turn out to be heroes. In the book The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ one unexpected hero is the character Ponyboy Curtis‚ a poor member of a gang called The Greasers. A second unexpected hero is Johnny Cade‚ a quiet‚ abused teen who is also a Greaser. Being an underdog does not automatically make one a hero‚ though. The character of Dally Winston‚ for example‚ is not quite a hero. An imperfect‚ ordinary person with problems can be a hero if he/she
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Waterfront. 1. - Joey Doyle gets murdered. (pushed off a roof) * Terry gets questioned by the waterfront commissioners about Joey’s murder. * A church gathering (including dockworkers) is held to find out who murdered Joey. Terry is sent by Johnny to rat them out. * Terry hits on Edie (Joey’s sister) * Edie wants Terry to help her find Joey’s murderer. But he is partly to blame. * The cops tell Terry to testify in court. Terry is reluctant and doesn’t want to be a ‘pigeon’.
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only felt that he should live because of Johnny‚ the one true person he ever loved. However‚ Dally also had an
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one particular character that is a hero not just because he is brave‚ but because he never gave up. The people that are heros are Dally‚ Ponyboy‚ and Darry. Ponyboy is a hero because he shows courage during the time the church was on fire. He and Johnny decided to save the little kids from the burning church. He’s also a courageous hero because when he was saving people in the burning church he says “ I didn’t pay any attention‚ although pieces of the old roof were crashing down too close for comfort
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sees a couple of Soc girls alone and goes to sit by them. He is very loud and obnoxious towards them. Their friend Johnny comes by and tells Dally to leave them alone‚ so does Ponyboy. The girls are grateful to Johnny and Ponyboy and ask them to come down and sit by them. One of the girls is a cheerleader named Cherry. She and Ponyboy go to get some popcorn and Pony tells Cherry how Johnny got beat up by a group of Socs not too long ago. Cherry tells him that not all Socs are like that‚ that they have
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Johnny despised his father. There was no logical reason why he hated him so much‚ they were just so different; chalk and cheese. His father loved all of the things Johnny repelled; hiking‚ fishing trips‚ adventures. Johnny adored video games‚ films‚ partying. No fifteen year old was lazier than Johnny Harper. All of the possessions he cherished had vanished out of his life within one unfortunate day‚ the day that changed his future. ‘I’m not going’ Johnny’s father picked up the grey‚ oversized
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story “The Ransom of Red Chief” The two characters Bill and Johnny‚ or the Red Chief‚ as he likes to be called‚ do not get along very well‚ or rather‚ Bill is not very fond of Johnny at all. This is for a multitude of reasons‚ like the time that the other character Sam is off doing things like mailing letters to Johnny’s father‚ Bill is forced to look after Johnny‚ and has to play a few games with him. Like for instance the time that Johnny pretended Bill was a horse and rode him around for awhile
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Outsiders By S.E. Hinton “Dally risked his life for us‚ to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (Pg. 117.) This is a quote from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ a novel about two social groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs‚ and how the war between them cost three lives. The book is in the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis‚ a sensitive Greaser who is put in the middle of the social conflict when he friend Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense. Ponyboy and Johnny run away to escape the law‚ and to do so go to their friend
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Johnny Cade suffered a lifetime of feeling neglected and unwanted by his abusive parents. At the beginning of this story‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ a fellow gang member‚ begins by introducing all of his close friends to the readers. Johnny’s backstory is given at this point which mentions Johnny’s rough home life. “His mother ignored him... you could hear her yelling clean down at our house.” ( Hinton‚ 12) Johnny takes his parent’s hatred towards him personally‚ causing him to change his view of the world
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