Johnny In The Outsiders

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S.E. Hinton has created several heroic characters. This making it difficult to select the most heroic. But Johnny contains a remarkable amount of courage in The Outsiders. A hero would be someone willing to risk their own life for another's. They are furthermore brave in some way. Like the uncountable things Johnny achieves. He clearly incorporates a fearless attitude throughout the story. His gallant heart proposes him as the most heroic character.

You can detect the bravery in Johnny with everything he does, such as when he sacrificed his life in the burning building. When he realized the children were stuck in the burning church, he dashed out of the car and into the burning church. After, Ponyboy narrated,”We dropped the last of the kids
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Ponyboy was slapped by Darry. He then proceeded to find Johnny. When he approached him, he said,”’Come on Johnny, we’re running away.’ Johnny asked no questions”(Hinton 51). Ponyboy was in a desperate need of Johnny. In other words, Johnny was being loyal to him and unselfish. This was heroic because Johnny sacrificed being in an inconvenience with his parents. But he resigned from it for Ponyboy.

Finally, his courage contains the most amount of generosity. The Socs were searching for Johnny and Ponyboy. They then found them at the park. One of them tried drowning Ponyboy. So Johnny stabbed Bob to save Ponyboy. Later Ponyboy says, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny?’ ‘Yeah. I had to they were drowning you’” (Hinton 57). In fact, Johnny was horrified of the Socs. But he faced them for Ponyboy. A hero is a person who is willing to save someone. And Johnny did so.

You may see him as a murderer. But if he hadn't killed Bob, then Ponyboy would have been dead. He was doing what anyone would do for someone they loved. Honestly this peered to be the prime solution. It's the Socs fault for putting him in that position. Saving children, running away for someone else, and killing somebody to save another, is as heroic as it can obtain. His numerous acts of kindness shows what a hero he really

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