Johnny Reeves Analysis

I’m doing my essay is over Johnny Reeves because he was one of the main characters in the story and there’s plenty of information about him. I also chose him because I feel like out of all the characters I can argue that he changed the most with all the things he did and went through. Some of the ways he changed was he acted completely different after joining the KKK and was doing awful things that people such as his mother would have never guessed he would do.
When Johnny first joined the KKK the Klan went to Johnny’s house and “kidnapped” him and took him away. After that the rest of the Klan too Johnny and decided to bran him with the letters KKK just so he could prove to then that he was dedicated to the KKK and wasn’t going to try to leave them.
After being in the Klu Klux Klan for as long as he was he soon became their leader or in other words their priest. While being their priest Johnny advocates for woman to love their home and family before anything else in their lives. Johnny also went around town burning every crucifix in town which of course this offended people which is part of the reason …show more content…
One couple that asked him to perform their wedding was Merlin and his girlfriend. One thing about these marriages is that instead of wearing the normal wedding dress and tux they wear these special KKK robes.
After being in the KKK so long Johnny was kind of getting tired of being in the group and was thinking about leaving. Well when the other members hear about what Johnny was thinking about doing they didn’t like the idea because one he was basically their leader at this point and her knew a lot about the Klan so they didn’t want him to leave. At this point Johnny figured out that the rest of the Klan has found out about what he was thinking about doing and realized that they clearly weren’t going to allow it do he got scared as in to what the Klan was going to do to