“We couldn’t get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.” This quote from The Outsiders by S.E Hinton shows three big topics in the book. These topics are friendship‚ loyalty‚ and being an outsider. These topics become major themes throughout the book. Friendship is a big topic in The Outsiders. The Curtis boys and their friends have a well-built friendship. They trust in each other and are always there for each other. Even though they do not
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Outsiders Argumentative Outline Was johnny angry or was he just protecting? Johnny was jumped before and would have died if his gang wouldn’t have come to find him and help him. He might’ve just been angry because of what he was put through when he was jumped. But johnny is guilty for killing Bob. It was planned! I mean duh it’s a book S.E Hinton planned the book but it says that johnny started carrying a 6 inch switchblade in the back pocket of his jeans and
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Maturity - age 50 and over After watching "Walk The Line‚" the film about the life of singer Johnny Cash‚ it is easy to distinguish the psychosocial stages of Johnny Cash’s life. There were a few stages left out of the film‚ but it is fairly simple to hypothesize about what occurred during those stages based on everything else the film shows. Just about every major turning point in Johnny Cash’s life is depicted in the film‚ so it is safe to say that this is a good film to analyze. The
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s. As she had been a productive and dependable employee‚ her bosses managed to find a job for her each time. Amy was assigned three different jobs over the two years pe riod. Johnny‚ Amy’s current boss‚ thought she was smart and the kind of employee the company had to keep once the economic crisis was over. Johnny and the other mana gers thought Amy was lucky to have a job in the company. However‚ as far as Amy was concerned‚ the last two years had been a nightmare. Every time she adjusted
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of his best pals. Her drunk boyfriend tried to kill them‚ and Johnny‚ Ponyboy’s best pal‚ ends up killing the drunk soc. They run away to a church and hide for four days until Pony’s other best pal‚ Who he doesn’t even like that much‚ comes and
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experience due to their Aboriginality and the way they react to the situation they are in. Both Herbie and Johnny‚ the protagonists‚ experience by white society. Herbie is the only aboriginal in his year and he is targeted by the rest of the students in his year. Johnny is separated by mainstream society as seen where he is hitching a ride and no one will pick him up. Both Herbie and Johnny are portrayed as naïve and innocent this portrays them as victims. In both stories the main character or
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For instance‚ their relationship is depicted with June as America sweetheart and Johnny as the troubled bad boy everyone loves. During the film Johnny stumbles from being under the influence of drugs. Both Johnny and Junes friendship is at a constant downhill battle. Although‚ June and her family assist him to detox from prescription pills. At this time they “seize the moment” and see it as a turning
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In the novel‚ The Outsiders ‚Johnny recognizes that the gold in the poem relates to a period of innocence and joy in life that is so quickly lost. Pony boy recites this poem to Johnny when they are hiding in the church because he understands it too. Ponyboy’s older brother and Dally have lost the ability to appreciate sunsets because of the harsh realities of life. This indicates that Ponyboy’s brother and Dally have lost their youth and innocence and this bothers Johnny. The poem also relates to the
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late 1960’s. The landscape in the story was mostly in the cold‚ and dark nights. In one scene Ponyboy and Johnny walk through a park. The weather had seemed to be a freezing and windy night. This is where mainly everything went downhill when Johnny had stabbed Bob trying to protect Ponyboy from getting drowned by the nearby water fountain. Johnny didn’t mean any harm for Bob’s death. So‚ Johnny and Ponyboy headed to
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United States because “bad examples” are all throughout the book. I believe the book actually contains good morals and examples for young people. For an example‚ in the book they show how Johnny‚ Ponyboy and Dally help people from a burning fire‚ at the church they were hiding in‚while they are on the run from Johnny committing a crime.
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