Lawless Delinquents In The Outsiders

Being honorable might include sacrifices, acts of courage, protecting people, sticking up for one another, and more. In the book, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, there are poor people who are considered lawless delinquents. These people are teens called Greasers. However, there aren’t just the poor teens. There’s the rich, who are called Socs. Greasers aren’t so bad, although, they do sometimes steal and run away from their troubles. They show honor by saving each other, saving random people, and standing up for one another. Although society might not know it, everyone has honor, rich or poor, but the point is that everyone is still human - they just make mistakes sometimes.
To begin, most of them are not related to each other. Even still, they risk their lives for each other. For instance, on pages 91-93, Dally (one of the Greasers) saves Johnny (another Greaser) from a burning church. “... Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church…” (154). In this scene, Ponyboy narrates how Dally risked his life to save Johnny. This shows honor because Dally risked his life running back into the burning church to take Johnny out. By …show more content…
In particular, when Johnny killed Bob the Soc. This proves they hurt people and in some cases murder people. People might say that they could’ve solved the problem with less violence. However, what they don’t think, is why they do it. In this event, it was a kill or get killed. “I didn’t mean to, but they were drownin’ you…” (74). If Johnny hadn’t killed Bob, the Soc’s would’ve killed Pony and quite possibly Johnny. As an act of self-defense, it wouldn’t count as an evil deed, it might count as a mistake instead. Although Johnny could’ve fixed the problem with less violence, he was worried for his friend, and that, in many cases, is honorable because they care for and protect their