Hinton and a popular choice for elementary students. You see i was reading that book to johnny when we were staying in the church and i had not finished it yet. He is only 16 years old, but has already been beaten down by the cruelty of life. If you win, well fly you and a friend to all three cities nyc, chicago, and san francisco next year to see all three productions and youll get backstage meetups with the cast. Johnny s background johnny cade was last and least.
He is the smallest of the gang but not the youngest. Mar 09, 2015 dally had turned around and belted him so hard it knocked a tooth loose. It was a jethandled switchblade, ten inches long, that would flash open at a. Some good old johnny x ponyboy from the outsiders oneshots. The outsidersponyboy body biography by alicia nickolenko. The book that johnny and pony read together when they are hiding in the church. Johnny cade is a vulnerable sixteenyear old greaser in a group defined by toughness and a sense of invincibility. Get an answer for in the outsiders, how are jonny and dally different. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. He was being atacked for no reason and he saw his friend was being drowned. Hey twobit why dont you go and get gone with the wind for me, johnny said to twobit. Hinton, the outsiders details the travails of a lower class.
Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Hintonauthors stylefree booknotes chapter summary plot synopsis themes essay book report online study guides,downloadable notes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Character bio poems soda tough, young, kind, active relative of ponyboy, darry lover of sandy who feels sadness who needs his family who fears of going into a boys home who gives happiness who would like to see his girl again resident of east side hood curtiswritten by richard vasquezdallas strong, big, trouble, aggressive relative of mom, dad lover of parties who feels. I genuinely love these boys, and this book, so i really hoping you do. Johnny cade, the outsiders she is the greatest person to ever walk the earth. Johnny cade, the hero by melanie cool dudes do english. Also in the book, each of the greasers lacked an adequate civic social system, family structure, education, or home security. Understanding johnny killed bob at the park when david was giving ponyboy a bath wants to go to college and not live in a bad neighborhood all of his life and nobody in our gang digs movies and books the way i do. The narrator of ithe outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. Cade, a greaser in the novel, was charged with murdering sheldon, a soc, who had tried to drown his friend pony boy in a water fountain a key scene in the book.
Get an answer for what is the significance of johnnys letter in the outsiders. Randle, twobit mathews, dallas winston, and johnny cade to be family. The outsiders is a novel about friendship, rivalry, stereotypes, trust and family relationships set in the 1960s of america. Johnnys best friend was ponyboy curtis, a frail fourteen year old that was just like a brother to him. I think that because he saved ponyboy from being drowned in the fountain by the socs and he saved all the kids from the burning down church. What is the significance of johnnys letter in the outsiders. Thus, if johnny of the outsiders was raised elsewhere without the greasers, hed become johnny the homicidal maniac. He comes from an abusive home, and he takes to the greasers because they are his only reliable family. The curtis brothers are greasers who enjoy being tuff, but they are orphaned young men who have he potential to be more than low class trash. He is an innocent, unintentional sinner whose refuge and affection have come from the gang and who has been fleeing all his life. Johnny was the gangs pet and dally couldnt hit him. Though i love this book, i have to agree with amy on this one. Johnny represents jesus christ in more ways than one, and it is ironic that his salvation occurs in the context of the church. Sodapop curtis, twobit mathews, steve randle, dally winston, and johnny.
Johnny cade is guilty of manslaughter in the death of bob sheldon. Summarize chapters 7, 8, and 9 in the book the outsiders. Most of the town thinks they are bad, even though they are no worse than their rivals, the cleancut socs. Lets do it for johnny is the third studio album by american rock band bowling for soup, released on may 16, 2000, by jive records. The doctor came in a while ago but i already knew it anyway. Love this book, read it over and over as a teen in the my daughter loved it when she was a teen in the and read it just as i had. These are letters written to almost all of the characters. The socs, short for socials, are the jet set, the westside rich kids, who are. Johnny cade was a greaser, one of the three deuteragonists of the outsiders and its film. The character of johnny cade in the outsiders from litcharts. When his parents arent physically and or verbally abusing him, theyre ignoring him. Johnny cade from the outsiders by alexandria fizzy on prezi.
School, fights, chocolate cake and beer, mickey mouse, his jethandled switchblade. Jan 07, 2011 a note johnny left ponyboy in the hospital johnny. The outsiders chapter 14 questions flashcards quizlet. Submerged in a world where they feel like outsiders, alaska and her siblings must work together to gain the respect of the rest of thunderclan. Dally did love johnny because johnny cared for him like no other person would. The outsiders does anyone think that dally was gay for. His parents died in a car accident, so he lives alone with his two older brothers, darry and soda. The outsiders is a book that was first published in 1967. Johnny is ponyboys best friend, and the pet of the gang. Johnny cade cliffsnotes study guides book summaries.
Johnny had numerous surgeries and now he can go home in a couple days. Oct 19, 2016 the outsiders are definitely not gay or at least, so says the author of the popular youngadult novel, which centers on a rivalry between two highschool gangs and was made into an iconic 1983. Epic rumble the outsiders opens tonight at mcfta midland. Meanwhile brinpaw struggles with her growing relationship. In the outsiders the accidental knifing of bob as well as the time johnny and ponyboy spend hiding in the abandoned church are direct correlations with this movie. Johnnys turnabout in the book has arguably been the most dramatic of them all. Johnny loves the idea of the southern gentleman, and ponyboy realizes that johnny idolizes dallas, thinking of him as a gallant gentleman. Epic rumble the outsiders opens tonight at mcfta two groups the socs and the greasers will meet up on stage at the midland center for the arts in interim theatres the outsiders.
You gotta love that deep down softy old pup johnny cake really is. Twobit, and johnny, have a great chance of becoming juvenile delinquents if people do not pay attention to their problems. How does it help with character development andor supporting the theme of. Johnny risked himself to save others, whoever would do that is a true hero in that moment. Throughout the story the book shows how people helped him and how he helped others, including ponyboy.
Then after darry hits ponyboy, ponyboy has johnny run away with him, when a blue mustang shows up full of socs. One night, johnny and pony ran away, because ponyboys brother, darry, hit him. The the outsiders quotes below are all either spoken by johnny cade or refer to johnny cade. Ponyboy curtis doesnt use his head ponyboy is a brain. In the outsiders, the youngest of the greasers gang was fourteenyears old. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. Get an answer for in the outsiders who borrows twobits switchblade in. Johnny cade is one of the seven main characters of the outsiders. After this, johnny always carried a blade with him. According to pony, sixteenyear old johnny looks like a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers 1. Character analysis of johnny outsiders 744 words bartleby. He, steve, and twobit were throwing paper wads at each other and clowning around and finally steve dropped the hymn book with a bang. Scenes from the book are similar to west side story, where the jets and the sharks can be compared to the outsiders socs and greasers.
I think i like it better when the old mans hittin me. You will create a wanted poster for a character from the outsiders. The novel describes johnny as a lost puppy and a puppy that has been kicked too many times. Hinton novel the outsiders was sent up the river for four years to collins bay penitentiary thursday during a mock trial at gananoque secondary school gss. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his. I genuinely love these boys, and this book, so i really hoping you do, too. You will determine from your notes whether heshe shows acts of loyalty or rivalry in the book.
Either before, after, or during the time of the book. Ponyboy and johnny have been best friends since they were in elementary school. Using what you know about johnny and the type of character he plays in the outsiders, why does s. How does it help with character development andor supporting the theme of the book. Maybe johnny knew something about dally that we didnt read on yet, and could have had the same experience on it. Ponyboy is the main character and narrator of the beloved book, the outsiders. They are called greasers because of the hair oil they use. Thomas howell and ralph macchiothe outsiders ponyboy curtis and johnny cade the outsiders. Ponyboy, i asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. They beat him bad, johnny had a cut from his temple to his cheek. I had to pick a person to write a letter to from the outsid.
The character of johnny cade in the outsiders from. At the beginning of the novel the outsiders, johnny was a pathetic creature that was nurtured by. Aug 03, 2017 epic rumble the outsiders opens tonight at mcfta two groups the socs and the greasers will meet up on stage at the midland center for the arts in interim theatres the outsiders. Johnny was jumped by socs about four months before the book began and. The trial of johnny cade was the highlight of an interdisciplinary study for intermediate students at gss that involved elements of art, biology, english, drama, and civics.
Johnny s turnabout in the book has arguably been the most dramatic of them all. According to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. Ponyboy, sodapop and darry are all greasers the outsiders who realize that the most important thing in life is family. The outsiders and the fault in our stars both quote this. The gang of young boys that ponyboy and his friends belong to. Johnny x pony the outsiders fanficbookperson wattpad. Johnny cade is the secondyoungest in the greaser gang, besides ponyboy.
Johnny cades future johnny cades relationship with others even though johnny died a tragic death suffering from burns and being paralyzed, if he had lived he would still be the same old johnny, who still looks like a puppy whos been kicked too many times and is lost in a. Johnny had been severely beaten by a group of socs before this story begins. The end of their training is coming near but brinpaw and alaska must find a way to discov. In the outsiders who borrows twobits switchblade in chapter 78. Dally had turned around and belted him so hard it knocked a tooth loose. Jun 18, 2016 johnny and ponyboy are rushed by bob and his gang when things get out of hand. Gang violence in the outsiders working towards peace.
Thomas howell and ralph macchio the outsiders ponyboy curtis and johnny cade the outsiders. He looked like a dark lost puppy that had been kicked too many times. With the wind in his hospital bed, and enjoys the book when pony reads it to him. I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. Johnny and ponyboy are rushed by bob and his gang when things get out of hand. Johnny refuses to see his mother when she comes to visit him in the hospital, and he takes his parents treatment of him personally as would most people. In the outsiders, how are jonny and dally different. Character bio poems soda tough, young, kind, active relative of ponyboy, darry lover of sandy who feels sadness who needs his family who fears of going into a boys home who gives happiness who would like to see his girl again resident of east side hood curtiswritten by richard vasquezdallas strong, big, trouble, aggressive relative of mom, dad. The outsiders are definitely not gay or at least, so says the author of the popular youngadult novel, which centers on a rivalry between two highschool gangs and was made into an iconic 1983. He saw no other way to stop him but by using his blade to stab him. At the beginning of the novel the outsiders, johnny was a pathetic creature that was nurtured by the rest of his group. Fill out the information below before finalizing your poster.