Ponyboy Is A Hero Essay

A hero is someone who saves a person from danger or if they are in danger. Heroes do the best they can for others. A hero is someone who saves a person who is in danger even if it’s a stranger and sometimes the danger they're saving them from might just put their own life in danger. In the book The Outsiders the characters Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are the hero’s that they are in the book.

Ponyboy is a hero because when he saw the church on fire he thought he started but he still went to go save the children inside the church. Ponyboy is one of the main characters in the book who is a hero that I know he is. Ponyboy is a hero because he tried to save Johnny when and Johnny was in trouble trying to save the children from the burning church. Ponyboy showed bravery when he said ‘’I picked up a kid and he promptly bite me but I leaned out the window and dropped him as gently as I could being in a hurry like that’’ (79). By Ponyboy picking up the child that showed Ponyboy is a true hero. Pony is a true hero to save those kid in the burning church. When Pony said, “ I snatched up another kid hoping he didn’t bite me but I leaned out the window and dropped him as gently as I could being in a hurry like that”.(pg.79) By Ponyboy getting that child he saved him from danger.

Johnny is a hero because Johnny did put his own life at risk for strangers that were in danger in a burning building.

Johnny is a hero because he did try his hardest to save those children in the burning church without putting his life in danger. When Johnny heard the roar and crackling was getting louder and shouted the next question”where are the kids”.(79) Johnny is a hero because Johnny save’s strangers that are in need of help. When Johnny “looked over his shoulder and saw that the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the window and tossed the nearest kid out”(79). By Johnny opening the window he saved a little kids life who was in

trouble.

Is Dally a hero yes Dally is a hero because Dally went into a burning building to save children who were in danger. Dally is also a hero because he saw his friend in trouble and went back to help him and he did. Dally tried to save his friends when he said “For Pete’s sake get outa there! That roof is going to cave in any minute. Forget those blasted kids” (79). By Dally saying he was trying to warn his friends that they were going to be in trouble. Dally is a hero because he saves people who need to be saved from danger and he does care about others but he doesn’t show it all the time. When Dally said this to pony “kid you scared the devil outa me the other day. I thought I killed you”.(106) By Dally saying thought that shows theta he cares about other and was worried about him and thought he did something bad that caused him to be in danger and someone worried about him from danger is a hero.

In conclusion, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are all heros. There are all hero’s because they all saved children from a burning building who were in trouble. But Dally saved Johnny from danger because he was in need of help and his friends helped him the best they can without putting their own life’s in danger. Dally also saved Ponyboy when he was in danger and that makes him a hero. They all did something great that gave them the title hero and in times before about people who were in need of danger who tried to help them and not to risk their lives too.