Ponyboy Is A Hero Essay

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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. …show more content…

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

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