Summary:
Reviews the novel, The Outsiders. Provides a character analysis of main character Johnny. Describes how he has the characteristics of a southern gentleman.
Johnny was the youngest in the gang of greasers after the Ponyboy [his appearance]
He was a pet in the gang and everybody loved him like a small brother. Johnny was rather bullied by the life his parents were fighting and neither of them carried about Johnny, father was beating him to the end and mother was just ignoring. Johnny was the best friend of Ponyboy he even saved his life. When socials were drowning Ponyboy, Johnny killed one of them and rescued his friend, though he knew that for murder there was electric chair. Johnny was very brave man he saved children from burning church risking his own life (he died for this) maybe
he saved them because for him it has no matter weather he die or not I can not agree with this because when he was at hospital Johnny said that he was onle16 and he didn't want to die.
There can be another version of rescuing children maybe he wanted to correct his mistake killing a man by saving other lives? I think so because he was very sorry for the thing he have done and even was going to police to tell the truth. He was rather bold person when they were at the cinema and Dally began to bother girls Johnny protected them and asked Dallas to leave them alone, it was unexpected behavior from him Dally was kind of head of the gang and no one dared to speak with him in that way. Johnny was clever person he knew that fight was no good, it was useless he hated them He knew that as randy says greasers will steel be on the bottom and socials always will be the tuff guys.
"Stay gold Ponyboy stay gold" these are the last words of Johnny and they are addressed to Ponyboy. I think Johnny understand meaning of gold and these gold in there gang was Ponyboy
The only person who enjoyed sunsets, who wasn't proud of being hood and who had never betrayed his friends. He explained gold in absolutely different way he said that you are gold when you are kid this also can be truth, but there is one nonsense he asks Pony to stay gold how can he stay young all the time? So it seems that he wanted Ponyboy to stay what he was and not what others wanted him to be.
"I don't want to die [this passage] It proves that he didn't woe about the thing what he had done. And it was worth of his life rescuing children but he is pity that he will never see his friends again and he hadn't done the stuff he wanted to do, he will never see the things he wanted to see. In the same time he is proud that saved children and in the other hand he says that he is too young for death. From my point of view only very strong person can risk his life (especially when you are only 16 years old) in order to save others. Both these passages describe Johnny very well, here are shown the best qualities of him as a person and as a friend. The main idea of this story is friendship and Ponyboy and Johnny were representatives of this friendship.
Ponyboy compares Johnny with southern gentleman because of [reason] I agree with him And I wished to have such kind of friend that will always be with me as in troubles as well as in joy, will understand me without words, that would be wonderful. Now about story it is very close to the movie "West side history" there are told about two gangs which are enemies until something bad happens as in our story. Now days there are lot of gangs like that, they fight for many reasons but it's useless.
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