Heros In The Outsiders

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The Heros of The Outsiders
If you have read the book The Outsiders then you know that there are many heroes in that book, and not the kind that fly and wear capes, the real kind. One of the heros in that book is a boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy Curtis is a fourteen year old boy. Another hero in that book is Johnny Cade. Johnny Cade is sixteen years old but he looks like he could be the same age as Ponyboy. Finally one last hero I'm gonna talk about is Dallas Winston. His friends call him dally and he is the toughest one of them all. Some people like socs “the west side rich kids.”, according to Ponyboy, call all them on the east side greasers.
One reason I said ponyboy is a hero is because he has the courage to live without his parents. If you have read the book you know that later on he also has the courage to live without two of his friends as well, one of these friends was his best friend which to him was definitely family. Ponyboy's friends were all he had and then he last about half of them as well as his parents. Ponyboy is a hero because he saved children out
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Johnny hates it when his parents fight but he has the courage to go through that everyday. In the book Johnny said, “I think I like it better when the old man's hittin’ me.”. Johnny says this because he would rather be beaten and get a little attention then get none at all. Also Johnny is a hero because he helped Ponyboy saved those little kids in the fire and died because of it. Johnny have very much courage and he shows it, he showed it when he died for those kids.
Dallas Winston is the last hero in the book that i'm going to talk about. First off he saved Johnny from the fire in the church because he was in there for too long. Dally burned his whole arm saving Johnny. He is also a hero because his parents don't care about him, where he is or what he

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