“If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” (Hinton, page 11). The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about a gang known as Greasers who are in a rival with the wealthy people in town known as Soca and towards the end of the story they have a “rumble” and one of the Greasers that is named Johnny dies. Johnny Cade is described as tough, shy or nervous, and brave. First of all, Johnny shows in the story that he is tough. In the story it states, “Johnny had it awful rough at home--- it took a lot to make him cry” (Hinton, page 5). This proves that even after all Johnny has been through it still takes a lot to make him cry. It is basically showing that he is tough. He holds it all in,
