Characteristics Of Johnny In The Outsiders

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When heroes are mentioned, most people think of people that are brave and do not get scared. However, some heroes can be scared like Johnny Case in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. When Johnny encounters a situation be is brave and scared at the same time. Although Johnny appleseed brave and caring he is still scared at the same time.

A character trait that Johnny has is being scared. One way that Johnny show this trait is by saying “I could not laugh because I was scared I’d drown in the smoke”(Hinton 92) .Johnny said this when he entered that burring church. Johnny also Showed this by grabbing the switch blade from his back pocket. The last time that Johnny showed bravery when decided to run away with Ponyboy even though he was

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