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How Did The Outsiders Change After Johnny's Death

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Just before you knew it Johnny was gone forever. In The Outsiders a novel by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis finds out the news about Johnny. Johnny is one of the Greasers favorite members, but everything goes wrong after he kills Bob, who is a Socs. The Greasers then decide to run far away so the cops won't get the Greasers for killing Bob. But then horror strikes when they see the church on fire with kids inside, so Johnny and the gang run inside to try to save the kids, but Johnny doesn't make it and passes away later on. Ponyboy is now devastated and his life will change forever. In the end, Ponyboy changes a lot and becomes a completely different person after Johnny and Dallas Winston’s death. After Johnny died Ponyboy completely changes into

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