Johnny In The Outsiders

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Through this book I enjoyed most of all the characters. But the one that I liked the most was Johnny he was sweet, kind, frightful, shy, strong, and very thoughtful. The one that I liked the least was Dally. Dally was tougher, colder, meaner than the other characters in the Outsiders. Dally overall just has a weird personality that made me make him my least favorite character. In the Outsiders I can mostly relate to Johnny the most. That is why he is my favorite character. Because I can relate to him the most. Johnny is sweet, kind and shy and I feel like he could relate to me as well. Although I am not in any gang, nor am I a murder. Johnny enjoys just lying down on the ground enjoying nature and looking at the stars, I like to do that stuff

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