Why Johnny Is A Hero In 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

What's a hero? A hero isn't just a person with a super cool suit and fun powers, or a human who beats up villains and saves the world. A hero can be anybody and from the book “The Outsiders” by the author S.E. Hinton. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are often described as heroes because of some things that they did in the book. Ponyboy is a hero because he saved children from the inside of a burning church, Johnny is a hero because of his want to help other people. Finally, Dally is a hero by his kind actions towards Johnny. These three Greasers are both brave and courageous.

Ponyboy is a hero by a very thoughtful reason actually. Ponyboy is a hero because he is courageous and not afraid to rescue people in their times in need. A main reason why Ponyboy is a hero is because when

He has the desire to help people. Johnny is a pretty good example of heroism because of his kind acts towards others. An important example of why Johnny is a hero is because while Ponyboy was saving the children in the church, Johnny went to join him and he tried to help the kids too but, that's not all that happen when they were saving kids from the fire, he also saved Ponyboy by pushing him out of the church to save him from being crushed by the church's falling wood. This shows Johnnys bravery and how he sacrificed himself for Pony. Another act of heroism from Johnny happened earlier in the book when they were in the drive in. Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally were all watching a movie at the drive in when they saw two soc girls there. Johnny stood up for the two girls when they were getting bullied by Dally when Johnny said “Leave her alone Dally” And of course Dally was in disbelief when Johnny said this because according to Ponyboy, “Johnny couldn't even say boo to a goose!” and then Johnny said again, “you heard me, Leave her alone.” This shows how Johnny didn't like how Dally was treating the girls and he wanted it to