Argumentative Essay On 'The Outsiders'

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The Outsiders Argument Essay Who’s fault was it really, is what I am wondering. Now Johnny may look innocent but that doesn’t mean he is. Johnny killed Bob, yet David was the one drowning Ponyboy. That is why I believe Johnny is guilty of murder. Sure your friends was being drowned, but does that result to the point of killing. No, it doesn’t so
What I am wondering here is why he killed the young Soc. As Johnny stated it himself in the book “ I killed the boy”. He killed the boy. Was it really self-defense or was it murder i ask myself. If it was self-defense shouldn’t it have been Ponyboy the one to kill Bob or David since he was the one being drowned. If it meant you had to kill someone was it really worth killing the boy. Now if it were my friend who was being I wouldn’t have killed the boy I would have fought back and saved my friend even if I got injured I fought for my friend. …show more content…
I actually believe the ones truly at fault are all of you. You’re all the reason why Bob was killed. If it weren’t for you guys and your fighting, the boy wouldn’t be dead. So what the Socs. have better cars, more money, but that doesn’t mean you guys can’t be friends. You guys may act different that doesn’t mean you’re supposed to fight because of that difference, it means you’re supposed acknowledge it. Accept it.
Let’s get back to the point on why I believe Johnny is guilty. I believe Johnny was deciding what to do at that moment when Ponyboy was being drowned. So he chose to kill Bob because he was the one giving the orders and he’s the one who told David to give Ponyboy a ‘bath’ in the fountain. If the one who was drowning Ponyboy was David why didn’t Jonny just kill David instead of Bob. Bob may have been giving the orders but he wasn’t the one drowning Ponyboy. So what was Johnny’s real purpose of killing
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