Johnny In The Outsiders

The book “The Outsiders”, is a story about a gang, they are called the greasers. One of the greasers is Johnny, he is such a hero even though he is very shy and sensitive he grows out of that quickly. There are three main parts where Johnny shows heroism, when he saves Ponyboy from drowning, he defends Cherry from Dally, and when Johnny helps 4 kids escape from a big fire. He sadly passed away after saving the 4 kids, he was sent straight to the hospital afterwards and spent the last few days of his life there.
One night when Ponyboy and Johnny were out at the vacant lot (the gangs so called territory). When a blue mustang pulled up ( this ment the Socs have arrived), one of the Soc’s name was Bob, he was Cherry’s boyfriend. Early that

night Johnny and Ponyboy were hanging out with Cherry, and soon this news got to Bob. So he came to jump Johnny and Ponyboy, and in doing this he almost drowned Ponyboy, and as self-defense Johnny used his switchblade to stab Bob. This eventually killed Bob, but if these weren’t have happened Ponyboy would’ve drowned and died. This shows me that Johnny isn’t afraid to kill somebody for a close friend. When Ponyboy came up from the water and saw Bob on the ground with blood surrounding him, Johnny answered to his reaction “I killed him” he said slowly, this was found on page 56, chapter 4.
On the same night Bob was killed, but a bit earlier Johnny and Ponyboy were with Dally going to the movies. When they got there Dally was already drunk so he walked over to some Soc girls where he decided to flirt. But he was being extremely inappropriate and the girl (Cherry) were getting a bit scared. Johnny steps up “Leave her alone Dally” demandly johnny spoke, this was found on page 24, in chapter 2. This means that even though Dally is the biggest/toughest guys in the group, Johnny still stands up to him to tell him to stop.
After killing Bob, Johnny and Ponyboy run away to a church. They are waiting for Dally, because he is the only Greaser in the gang they told. When Johnny and Ponyboy go out for Ice cream, they come back to the church and it’s on fire with a small crowd forming around. Johnny and Ponyboy eventually find out that there’s 8 kids in the church. So they go in through the window, and found the kids through all the ash and heat in the back of the church. Then threw them out the side window since all the doors are blocked with fire, and then after a little bit they got all 8 kids out. After this Johnny let Ponyboy jump out the window, and just as Ponyboy hits the ground outside the ceiling of the church collapses. Johnny did not make it out in time so he got severely burned and broke his back. This proves to me that Johnny is willing to save a few kids lifes for his own.