Johnny Character Analysis

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A boy named Johnny who saves kids in a burning church and saves them but he is in very bad condition in the hospital. Johnny has had a very rough life ever since he was born. Almost every day they would hit him and beat him but that did not stop him from doing anything. Johnny has brown hair and he is part of the Greasers. He usually wears a jean jacket or some type of jacket with his hair greased back. Johnny is brave, afraid, and compassionate those are some traits. Those are some things that describe him. I chose this character because he was one of the main characters and I liked how he always was nice and stood up for others.

Johnny is a brave young man. He is brave because one day in Windrixville, Oklahoma a church was on fire and they were driving by it so they stopped and got out of the car and ran to the church. They walked up and Johnny went in for a couple of minutes and saved as many children he could. He was risking his life by doing this. Johnny came out of the church and had very severe burns but all of the kids were fine. “ Juvenile Delinquent turns into a hero.” (2) Hinton. Pony said. Johnny went from bad to good because his parents did not raise him good when he was a child. Then he realized that it is not good to be a bad kid so he changed himself to be a good kid and saved those kids. He is brave because that takes a lot to do that. …show more content…

He was afraid in the story because when Ponyboy got jumped by the Socs at the park he was getting his head drowned he was afraid he was gonna die so he pulled out his knife he always carries with him and stabbed Bob right in the head who is part of the Socs. Johnny is a good friend by doing that because if he would of had stabbed Bob Ponyboy would have probably died but he was also afraid because he was scared he was gonna die or get really hurt. “ Johnny never walked by himself after that and always had the knife with him.” (2) Hinton. Johnny was afraid a lot when that

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