Johnny Was

Two-Bit, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade, Ponyboy’s best friend. Sodapop is a high school dropout, Darry had to watch over Sodapop and Ponyboy, Two-Bit steals anything he can get his hands on, Dallas has been in and out of prison his whole life, and Johnny lives with his abusive parents. Together they all watch each other’s backs, and are the closest family most of them even have. They are loyal to each other, shown when it is mentioned that Two-Bit smashed a window and Dally was arrested for…

96). Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston are the saviors listed in this breaking news story, and their ages, respectively, are fourteen, sixteen, and seventeen. Ponyboy and Johnny are child delinquents, having stabbed eighteen-year-old Robert Sheldon and murdering him as a result, and Dallas has been involved with the law for a while now. The church was set ablaze five days after Robert had been slaughtered, and when the group noticed what was happening, Ponyboy stepped…

During the Cold War, America was plagued by controversies involving its presidents, and several of those controversies are spelled out in A Prayer for Owen Meany. The first of these controversies that appears in the novel was the scandal surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s alleged affair with Marilyn Monroe. Johnny becomes frustrated with the moral controversy created by the rumors of the affair, because he thinks Americans…

The Outsiders was written in the 1960’s to describe the struggle between the upper and lower classes in that time period. S. E. Hinton, the author of the book, wrote it when she was in high school and published the book when she was a freshman at the University of Tulsa. She became known as “The Voice of the Youth”. This pressure brought her writer’s block that lasted three years. Hinton broke the block by writing two pages a day, which led to her next novel, That Was Then, This Is Now. She has…

which one of the protagonists, Johnny, spends his days loafing around on his Point St. Charles balcony instead of searching for a job. To that effect, the play suggests that men who forcefully confine themselves to a masculine ideal may be less likely to develop meaningful relationships with those around them and improve their own conditions. This is illustrated in Johnny’s weakened relationship…

Within the play God and the Indian by Drew Hayden Taylor, the characters of Johnny and George are more about contrast than similarity. Throughout the play we see the main character George undergoes many changes as he tries to protect himself and his reputation from being blamed for the abuses that have happened in the “St. David’s”(28) Residential school. Through the whole story he argues with the second character Johnny who is an “Indian” woman comes to his office and cliams that he have…

Outsider By S. E Hinton Johnny and Ponyboy are best friend, but like all best friends they have differences and similarities. For Instance Ponyboy likes to read. In the chapter where the two friends are hiding in the chapter Ponyboy is reading. Also In the beginning Ponyboy states he was different from the other greasers. Another difference is Johnny and Ponyboy have different home lives. Johnnys mom doesn't care about Johnny until he is in the hospital. After Johnny hurts his back and goes…

is a failure. There are four kids, Cadence (Cady), Mirren, Johnny, and Gat. They were called The Liars they spent all their time together and they did everything together, they swam they climbed on roofs and watching Clairmont (main building) and they talk all the time in Cuddledown (their special place). Cady and Gat become super close and end up falling in love. Mirren ends up getting sick and having to stay inside all the time and Johnny is Gat’s best friend. Cadence wakes up in the water and…

Chief the Author creates the theme Although the desperate men are in need of help the reader knows that they can not handle the boy and have to get rid of him and the Ransom. Bill and Sam wanted a ransom for Johnny but Johnny proves to be too much trouble so they get rid of him because of what johnny said his actions and his mean relationship. This Story could remind you off real life occurrences were desperate people do crazy thing for something they need.…

The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton was a book about a young boy named Ponyboy, two brothers named Sodapop and Darry. Their gang called the Greasers and the rich gang called the Socials. Greasers were boys who had greasy hair, wore leather jackets, drove souped up cars, held up gas stations and who gotten into fights once in awhile. Socials were the rich boys, who drove souped up mustangs, smelled like tobacco, wore checkered shirts and who would get their name in the newspaper for being a…