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Character Analysis Of Johnny In The Book 'The Outsiders'

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In the book, “ The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton it talks about how johnny killed bob, but we are discussing if Johnny is innocent or guilty. In my opinion johnny is guilty because he didn 't have a reason good enough to kill bob. On my next paragraph I will give you reasons on why he is guilty of bob’s death. My first reason is that “ He doesn 't have the right to kill him” because no matter what he should of never killed him.

First, Johnny does not have the right to murder anybody no matter how much they have hurt you. In addition, bob had jumped johnny in the past but that isn 't a really good reason to kill someone. In the book it says “I killed him, “ I killed bob the handsome soc”. At that moment none of them were doing anything to

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