Why Are Greasers So Bad

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Are the Greasers Not so Bad Afterall? Are the Greasers all not so bad afterall? Is Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and Dalles Winston actually good people. I think they're all good people for many good reasons and they have saved people's lives too. They also never leave anybody in their gang behind and always have eachothers backs. They even come running if they hear you yell help and will lend you anything if you really need it. My definition of a hero is somebody that is loyal to their people and someone who will never betray you, or even someone who cares deeply about someone even if they don't like you that much. Do you think the Greasers aren't so bad after all? Ponyboy is a hero because he helped save 5 kids from a fire. Even though he is only 14 and would be the youngest person at the rumble he still stuck with his gang and participated in the rumble. When he was getting drowned by a Soc named Bob and Johnny killed Bob to save his life, Ponyboy Curtis ran away with Johnny even if it met never seeing his people again just to show how loyal he is to Johnny. Even when he was put in an ambulance after saving the children from the fire, his first thought was, was where's Johnny? Ponyboy Curtis meets my standard of a hero because he is loyal to his people because he ran away with Johnny and …show more content…
Even before the fire when Johnny ran to Dally for help on what to do and where to go because he just killed someone, Dally gave him 50 dollars and and a gun and told them where to go. Even before the fire when Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny were hiding up in an old church up Jay Hill in Tulsa,Oklahoma he ended up coming up to their campout and staying with them. Dally meets my definition of hero because he is loyal to Ponyboy and Johnny because he gave them money and told them where to go and he ended up going to their campout after they got

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