An Honorable Character In John Hinton's The Outsiders

The story, The Outsiders, there are lots of actions that are controversial whether they are honorable or dishonorable. The story started like every other story, introducing the characters, which are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dallas, Steve, and Two-Bit in Oklahoma. Then, Socs beat up the Greasers Ponyboy, and Johnny because they picked up the Soc’s girls. Next, Johnny kills the Soc
Bob, to protect Ponyboy and himself, and they are forced to run away, and hide. Then, Johnny decides to turn himself in. In the end, Johnny dies and Dallas commits indirect suicide (getting the police to kill him on accident) because he can’t cope with Johnny’s death. It is always strenuous to justify if someone's actions were honorable or dishonorable, and any assumptions of the …show more content…
Another honorable moment from Johnny was, Ponyboy and Johnny saved a bunch of kids from a burning church. Johnny wanted to save those kids because they haven’t experienced life yet. Johnny wanted to give the children to live their life because they would live longer on earth than he would. In conclusion, Johnny can be an honorable person despite all of the pain that he has suffered, and being mistreated,he has always been an honorable person.

Someone’s actions can be honorable or dishonorable, and it is erroneous to assume any actions from The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is either honorable or dishonorable, otherwise it would give you misguided impressions of the story. From the book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, I have chosen three characters that had interesting, yet honorable actions. One of them is Sodapop Curtis that doesn’t cave into peer pressure of doing things like drinking. Another one is Johnny Cade, who accidentally killed someone to protect himself and Ponyboy Curtis, and then risked his life to save little kids from a burning church. Lastly, I chose Randy, one of the Socs that ganged up on Johnny and Ponyboy, and he