A hero can be anyone around you. These are individuals who are strong, have courage, help others, and perform good deeds. Whether they are facing danger or looking out for their friends and family, these heroes sacrifice what they have to protect people who they care about. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, many characters such as Ponyboy, Johnny, and Darry demonstrate true heroism through showing bravery and caring for others despite the effect their actions may have on their own lives.
Ponyboy, the main character of the novel, deserves the title of a hero due to his eagerness to help others. For example, when Ponyboy realizes that the children are in the burning church, he yells, “ ‘I’ll get them, don’t worry’ ” (p. 91). Even
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He has all the qualities of a hero, such as bravery and care for those around him. Many other characters describe Johnny in this way. For example, Ponyboy describes Johnny as, “…a good man in a rumble. He stuck up for the gang and kept his mouth shut good around cops” (p. 34). People think of Johnny as a reliable person who they can always count on. Even when he is around cops, he stands up for the gang of boys and does not turn the boys in. He makes sure that the boys are safe from the cops and trouble, and he remains a good example for the boys. Another reason that shows why Johnny is a hero is the letter he writes before he dies. In the letter he says that “ ‘It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for’ ” (p.178). Even though Johnny is in critical condition after saving the kids from the fire, he does not regret it. In fact, he is glad that he saved them and says that their lives are worth more than his. This shows that Johnny sacrifices his life for others, which is a brave act. He is even thinking about the children’s futures, which shows that he truly cares for the people that he rescued. By showing this bravery and sacrificing his life, Johnny proves that he is a true
Johnny’s personality was to always help others and he certainly lived up to that
Johnny is not a tragic hero because his “honorable” motives were not sincere. For example, Valdez states “He didn’t want to go and yet he did. It never crossed his mind to refuse.” (Valdez 637-638). This quote shows how his intentions were not to serve the country, but just to have something to do.
A hero can be anyone around you. A hero is a person who is strong, has courage, helps others, and does good deeds. Ponyboy deserves to be considered a hero. Johnny also deserves to be considered a hero too. Dally does not deserve to be considered a hero though, unlike Ponyboy and Johnny.
In page 56 it states “ I’m drowning, I thought, they’ve gone too far …” and “ I killed him,” he said slowly. “I killed that boy.” This shows where Johnny saved Ponyboy from drowning. Johnny is also a hero when he helped get the little kids get out of the church that was on fire. In the text it states “ He looked over his shoulder and saw that the door was blocked by the flames, then pushed open the window and tossed out the nearest kid.”
Heroes in our society are revered and respected as Joseph Campbell reminds us: “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Joseph Campbell). Heroes exist in all societies and throughout history. Maybe they are not always on the news or from the movies, but their words and their actions never fail to resonate across their feats. A hero gives of himself and dedicates himself to causes which better others and their society unlike individuals who are self serving, greedy, and cruel.
Johnny probably had one of the worst lives of the greasers, yet he still managed to stay optimistic even after being beaten on an almost daily basis. Johnny would also stand up for people even after being isolated for most his life, as shown when Dallas was harassing Cherry and Marcia. Finally the most loyal of them all, even on his deathbed he stuck by his friends and only allowed them to vist and not his horrible mother that ignored him for most his life. After an abusive childhood most people would give up but Johnny cade stood amongst the Greasers with pride, not
Johnny wrote in his letter, ‘It’s worth it … Some of the parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it.’ (pg.178) and in his tone, Johnny was very proud about saving the children in his letter. Johnny thought the children’s lives were more important than his so Johnny knew it was worth risking his life to save those kids which was heroic because a lot of people would have watched the building burn to the
(Hinton, 92)—Johnny takes control of the situation and rushes into a burning building to save lives, not thinking about himself. After his heroic, selfless act he was rushed to the hospital and only to died a couple days later. Johnny didn’t have to save the kids, Ponyboy had went in first so he could have stayed
Johnny is always kind-hearted in his intentions, despite how it turns out in the end. To illustrate his true virtue, when he becomes worried that his children have not seen enough of the world, he decides to “take them for a rowboat ride at Canarsie and do a little deep-sea fishing” (Smith 221). The trip ends up failing, as he falls in the water and one of the children becomes sick, but he truly intends for them to have an exciting new experience. If he is ill-meaning, he wouldn’t have even gone through the trouble of planning the trip. Similarly, when trying to relieve Francie of the discomfort she felt after her attempted attack, Johnny ends up chemically burning her leg.
Everybody has the opportunity to be a hero, but does everyone take it? A hero is someone who is respectful and willing to put their safety in harms way in order to keep others safe. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy, a 14 year-old Greaser is a hero who is concerned about the well-being of people around him, and of people he might not even know. Johnny, the Outsiders Gang’s pet, is also a hero. Dally who is a hardened teenager in the Outsiders Gang is not a hero because he does not realize that there are more important things in life other than looking cool.
At the beginning of the novel, Johnny lacked confidence and self-esteem. At times he thought about attempting suicide. S.E. Hinton describes Johnny as, “A little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and lost his crowd of strangers” (11). This is because Johnny 's parents are abusive: his mother verbally and his father
During the fire and throughout the book, it is seen that Johnny cares for others more than himself. Risking his life in the fire to save innocent kids, he never knew, has a selfless act not many people would take. This quotes also highlights the idea of Johnny's change to a hero. As seen at the beginning of the novel, Johnny is the boy from the wrong side of the track, and while the story unrolls, Johnny starts to become a hero. Johnny's selfless action of saving kids from a fire and not regretting his choice makes him a hero.
The novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton depicts the theme of violence predominantly. This novel portrays how violence leaves physical and emotional scars. SE Hilton explores the effect of living in a place where a teenager can't even walk home by himself and where fear is the foremost emotion. Gang violence, shooting, stabbing, ignorance etc are examples of violence illustrated in the novel. I will explore the theme of violence through characters such as Johnny,Dally and Bob and analyse the emotional and physical damage caused by the violence in this novel.
Heros. Who are they? They are not the ones that are fighting the imaginary villains. Heros are the ones who save others emotionally and physically and do whatever it takes to do the impossible. The Outsiders, a young adult fiction novel, by S.E Hinton, has multiple acts of heroism throughout the novel.
Also, Johnny was only the one who serves as a vent to his parents’ anger. Days pass and years pass, Johnny was horribly scared of violence. According to the saying of parents are the best teach- ers to children, the violence was just like a seed which was kept in Johnny’s heart and grew gradual- ly day by day. That was all