Ponyboys Heroes

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Heroes. Most people imagine a hero with a cape and a sidekick at its side. But today most people’s perspective would change. A church burnt down, and several kids were saved. A group of three teenagers risked their own lives for the sake of others. This is the story of how three delinquents became heroes. Ponyboy, Johnny Cade, and Dally, three so-called “greasers”, live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “It’s like the term greaser which is used to call all us boys on the East side. We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class.”(Hinton 2) They’ve grown up with no other family members but the people in their “gang”. “Or I could’ve gotten one of the four boys Darry and Soda and I have grown up with and consider family.” (Hinton 3) Ponyboy lives in a house with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Johnny Cade is a shy 16 year old who lives with his abusive parents. Dally is hoodlum who is always on the streets partying and on the run from the police. Somehow, these three boys manage to become heroic figures. …show more content…
While Ponyboy was being drowned, Johnny pulled a knife out of Bob Sheldon, the boy who was drowning him. They both then end up running away to a church on Jay Mountain. They stayed there for a week before Dally came and checked on them and brought cigarettes. Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy then left the church to go eat breakfast. During their breakfast, the church caught on fire with many little kids stuck inside. All three of them ran out of the diner and jumped into the fire-filled church. They ended up saving all the children, but themselves. “I didn’t pay attention, although pieces of the old roof were crashing down too close for comfort.” (Hinton 93) The roof of the church fell on top of them, and burned Johnny’s back completely. “I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me.” (Hinton

Heroes In The Outsiders

Outsiders many of the characters did heroic acts and became heroes. Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy are all heroes in different ways. Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy are all heroes but they are heroes in different ways. Johnny is a hero because he is brave. Some reasons why he is brave is when he saved Ponyboy from getting killed. He could of just stood there and run away but he decided to get in the middle of the group of Socs and save Ponyboy by stabbing Bob. Johnny also saved…

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Outsiders In The Outsider

story The Outsiders? An outsider is a person that does not belong in a specific group. The story “The Outsiders” is about two groups that are both gangs but much different; one gang is rich and fancy and the other is poor and uneducated. Johnny and Ponyboy are the two outsiders in the story. Johnny is the greasers pet everyone in the greasers gang loves Johnny. Johnny is a devastated hero and loves to help people but does not like to hurt people. The personality that makes Johnny an outsider is that…

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Examples Of Heroism In The Outsiders

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, out of all the characters of the Greaser gang, there are three people that stand out as heroes. These three characters are Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally are the characters that stand out as heroes to me. These characters usually do the right thing while most of the rest of the gang don’t really act like heroes, at least compared to Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally. Johnny Cade is a hero and is very selfless and puts the gang before himself. He is sixteen years old and lives…

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Should Dally Be Considered An Anti Hero

Anti-hero or hero? Thiers anti- heroes, heroes or just pure villains. there's three greasers who live in tulsa oklahoma, Without knowing they were heroes. Their hero names are dally, ponyboy and johnny. Unexpectedly becoming heroes without wanting too, yet they face many problems and that's what a hero is about, being brave at the tough times and unusual times and this is why i'm going to tell you why they should be considered heroes. First dally, you could say he was a anti-hero but he didn't…

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Personal Narrative: The Outsiders

save the universe. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are heroes and neither one of them can shoot webs. We can say that Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are all heroes because they risked their lives to save others: they saved a school of kids from dying in a fire. Heroes do not have to save someone physically, but they can they can save someone or themselves emotionally as well. Ponyboy helped Johnny get through tough times at home. Johnny was thinking about ending his own life, but Ponyboy saved him emotionally…

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The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton: Character Analysis

Ralph Emerson said “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes later.” In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Johnny, Ponyboy, and Darry are all heros. Ponyboy and Johnny are best friends and Greasers. Darry is Ponyboy's older brother. Johnny and Ponyboy are heros because they saved five kid’s lives. To began with, Darry is a hero because he sacrificed his scholarship to college for his brothers. A hero is someone who will sacrifice for someone else, and is no ordinary…

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Examples Of Heroism In The Outsiders

People change, grow, learn new things, and make differences in their own life which can make them heroes in their own stories, or others. Just like Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny. They all were heroes, that made a difference. Even though they may not look the part, they are still brave and heroic. Which they all did things to earn, being called a hero. To start off Dally was a hero, because he saved Johnny at the fire in the church. As it said in The outsiders on page 81, it states, "We think the towheaded…

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Ponyboy Character Analysis

Heroes can be average people like you and me. A hero is someone who always does what is right in every situation. Ponyboy is a very heroic person and it shows in his actions and personality. Johnny is a hero during the time he’s still alive on earth. Dally is not a hero because he is mean and uncaring and only cares for Johnny, no one else. Heroes can be any person of any race, gender or age. Ponyboy is a good person and it shows in everything he does. Ponyboy not only saved the children but he…

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Character Analysis: The Outsiders

even know. Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally are the hero’s in The Outsiders. They are heroes because they saved the kids in the fire. “ He looked over his shoulder and saw that the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the windows and tossed out the nearest kid.” Page 92. Chapter 6. The evidence proves that Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally are heroes because it shows that they are trying to save the kids in the fire. Another reason why, or how they are hero’s is because Johnny saved Ponyboy from being…

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Heroism In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

so? Do Ponyboy and Johnny fit the description of what someone might think a hero would look like/be like? This book is called “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton. The main character is Ponyboy Curtis. In the story, Ponyboy is apart of a gang called the Greasers. Him and his buddy Johnny get into a fight with another group/gang called the Socs. The Socs attempt to drown Pony so Johnny stabs one of them. This killed one of the Socs. The two boys run away to avoid punishment for the murder. Ponyboy and Johnny…

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