Choices In The Outsiders

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How would you feel if someone impacted your life dramatically? This essay explains multiple ways choices could affect someone. For example, in the novel “The Outsiders,”different characters make several choices that affect one another. Choices made by Johnny affected everyone in the gang but especially was Dally and ponyboy. A choice made by johnny affects Ponyboy because while getting drowned by Bob, Johnny kills Bob. As a result, Ponyboy reacts very shocked that Johnny would do such a thing like when ponyboy said “You really killed him huh Johnny”
. in addition a choice made by Johnny affected Dally because Johnny ran into a burning church to save some children trapped inside. When coming out of the burning church, johnny ran got hit by

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