Reader Response of Johnny Cade

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My reader Response based on Johnny Cade “The Outsiders” Natividad Osorio Pre-English 2 11/27/2012 Johnny Cade is a vulnerable sixteen-year-old greaser in a group defined by toughness and a sense of invincibility. He comes from an abusive home, and he takes to the greasers because they are his only reliable family. While Johnny needs the greasers, the greasers also need Johnny, for protecting him gives them a sense of purpose and justifies their violent measures. When Johnny, little and vulnerable, suffers at the hands of the Socs, the greasers feel justified in their hatred of the rival gang. If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny. He is the youngest, next to Ponyboy, and the smallest. He has big black eyes in a dark tanned face. His hair is jet-black, and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it is so long, that it falls in shaggy bangs across his forehead. He has a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes. He is the gangs pet and everyone’s kid brother. His father is always beating him up, and his mother ignores him, except when she is yelling at him. The gang is Johnny's only source for love and affection. One time, he got beat up really bad by a group of Socs. So he now carries a knife with him everywhere he goes, and he never travels alone. I don’t understand why Johnny Cade had to die like that way, burning timber falls on Johnny, breaking his back Johnny dies in the hospital. After saving the lives of several children that were trapped inside the church. Even though he had manslaughter Bob, he was a hero for saving the lives of those children. He didn’t deserve to die, he wasn’t a bad guy. He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes. Ponyboy was the one most affected because Johnny was his best friend. He tries to convince himself that Johnny is not dead

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