The best thing about Johnny was that he cared about his friends even though his parents didn’t care about him. After all he did save Ponyboy from the socs when they tried to drown him in the fountain right in the middle of the park. In the same way he rescued the kids that were inside the burning church. He also told Dally to leave Cherry alone when he was flirting a little too harshly. Another example is that Johnny was very brave. Johnny told Darry to leave