Lord Of The Flies Johnny Character Analysis

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One example is Dally, Dally acted really tough and as though he didn’t care about anything but he actually really loved and cared about Johnny. “‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die...’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall.” (Hinton 149) This supports the theme because it shows how Dally loved Johnny. “Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of 10. He was tougher than the rest of us — tougher, colder, meaner.” (10) The gang thinks of Dally as a cold and bitter person. These quotes prove that Dally acted tough and cold but on the inside he loved and cared about Johnny a lot. Another example is how when Bob was drunk he just looked for trouble and to beat people up …show more content…

“‘I’m sick of all this. Sick and tired. Bob was a good guy. He was the best buddy a guy could ever had. I mean he was a good fighter and tuff and everything, but he was a real person too. You dig?’” (116) This is when Randy was talking to Ponyboy in the car. This is just another example of how the people that actually knew Bob knew that he was actually a nice guy. My final piece of evidence is that Darry was super tough on Ponyboy but Darry was actually doing it so Ponyboy could get into college. “I don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t take him hollering at me and hitting me too. I don’t know … sometimes we get along okay, then all of a sudden he blows up on me or else is naggin’ at me all the time. He didn’t use to be like that … we used to get along okay … before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can’t stand me.” (51) This shows that Ponyboy believes that Darry doesn’t like him. “In that second what Soda and Dally and Two-Bit had been trying to tell me came through. Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda, and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something of me.” (98) This shows when Ponyboy finally realized that Darry actually cared about

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