What Is Johnny’s Personality In The Outsiders?

The protagonist from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny Cade, is a loyal and protective friend who is quiet and introspective. He is brave and willing to stand up for what he believes in. He is quick-thinking and resourceful, as shown by his ability to create fireworks with glass bottles and gunpowder stolen from the local drugstore. He has a strong sense of right and wrong, demonstrated by his willingness to help his brothers even though this causes him suffering at the hands of a gangster named Ponyboy Curtis. Johnny is sensitive and compassionate, as evidenced by his love for Dally Winston, even though Dally mistreats him terribly. He is wise beyond his years because he can see beyond the surface when it comes to other people’s behavior; for example, he knows that Ponyboy is being abused by his older brother Darry Curtis, despite Darry’s claim that everything is fine at home. Johnny is loyal to the Socs even though he doesn’t fully understand their way of life; he fights alongside them during a rumble in the park because they are friends and because they have accepted him into their group despite his low social status as an “Greaser.” Finally, he risks his own safety to save Ponyboy and Sodapop Curtis when their car breaks down and they start to walk home after curfew.