Johnny Realizes his Mistakes.

Authors Note: This is a five paragraph essay explaining why Johnny Cade from the book, “the Outsiders,” is a dynamic character.

        Sometimes people make mistakes. At times they realize them, and occasionally they don’t. In the book, “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton, Johnny Cade realizes numerous of his. Johnny Cade is a dynamic character in this book for many reasons.

        Would you be able to kill someone? What if they were murdering someone you couldn’t live without? Picture this in your head, a huge group of tough guys going at you with a knife. What would you do? I would have done exactly what Johnny did. Johnny didn’t kill Bob intentionally; he just wanted him to back off of Ponyboy. If he didn’t Ponyboy probably wouldn’t have been around to write the book. “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might’ve killed you. And they had a blade… They were gonna beat me up….” said Johnny once Ponyboy gained consciousness.

After Johnny killed Bob, he and Ponyboy had to sacrifice everything by running away.  “We’ll need money, maybe a gun, and a plan.” Johnny knew this is what he needed or else the Curtis family would be split up. They also realized they had to find Dally. He supplied them with all necessary pieces to fit into the puzzle. Johnny knew he needed to run and Dally helped to put the plan in motion.

        One person died because of them, but five people’s lives were saved from a fire in the church also by Ponyboy and Johnny. They knew they needed to help, even though Dally screamed not to. “Let’s go see what the deal is.” Said Ponyboy hopping out. “What for?” Dally sounded irritated “Get back in here before I beat your head in.” But they knew that the fire was started because of either their cigarettes, or they left a candle lit.

        Everyone makes mistakes. Most understand their own faults, although some don’t. Johnny from the book “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton is a dynamic character because he has understood most of his fau