Johnny Fire Quotes

Fast forwarding to the part in the church, Johnny had run into the church for two reasons. One is that he wanted to help and the other is that he was going to keep Ponyboy safe no matter what happened and he did a great job of it.

While at a movie theater, Dally is antagonizing and annoying several Soc girls. Johnny stands up to Dally, his hero, and states, “‘Leave her alone, Dally.’ ‘Huh?’ Dally was taken off guard. He stared at Johnny in disbelief. Johnny couldn't say ‘Boo’ to a goose. Johnny gulped and got a little pale, but he said, ‘You heard me. Leave her alone’” (24). It took all of Johnny’s bravery to stand up to his absolute idol. He was willing to stand up to a dangerous boy that could easily defeat him in a fight, to save others. Not only this, but when a church is burning down with children inside, Ponyboy states, ”Johnny wasn't behaving at all like his old self. ... he grinned at me. He wasn't scared either. That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (92). Johnny gives his own life for kids who have futures. He charges into the church at full speed when necessary. Johnny becomes brave in the middle of the

Johnny would do anything to save his friends. After Dally drove Pony and Johnny to eat some much- needed food. They came back to see the church that Johnny and Pony were hiding out in on fire. There was a school having a picnic there. Some of the kids trapped inside the church. Without saying anything, Pony jumped out of the car and ran into the burning church with Johnny behind him. Right after saving the kids, Pony described, ‘‘Johnny shoved me out the window. ‘Get out!’ I leaped out the window and I heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me” (Hinton 97). Instead of saving himself, Johnny pushed Pony out the window and saved him. Johnny puts others before himself and is willing to risk his life for others. This act is truly heroic.

Johnny has a fear of Socs after getting jumped by them, which led him to kill Bob. He is regularly beaten by his father and emotionally abused by his mother. Ponyboy mentioned a quotation of Johnny   “ I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn’t pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that.” After Johnny killed Bob trying to protect Ponyboy from drowning he ran away with Ponyboy to an abandoned church in Windrixville. At the time he was afraid of anybody that he thought could hurt him. When the church went up in flames Johnny made the decision to run in with Ponyboy to save the children in the burning building. His gallant actions led to him being paralyzed, but he learned to overcome his fears of easily being frightened. Before that, he always used to think about killing himself because he was scared and hurt, but now knowing that he has something to live for he thought he was too young to die. He said this “you want to know something, Ponyboy? I’m scared stiff. I used to think about killing myself… ”, “ I don't want to die now. It ain’t long enough. Sixteen years ain’t long enough. I wouldn’t mind it so much if there wasn’t so much stuff I ain’t done yet --- and so many things I ain’t seen. It’s not fair. You know what? That time we were in Windrixville was the only time I’ve been away from our neighbourhood.” Thus, adversity can help to overcome the hardships and

Everyone has a courageous moment in their life, but Johnny has multiple moments where he shows a true act of courage. The first event that shows that Johnny is courageous is when he saved Ponyboy from the Socs. There has been this rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers (the rich and the poor) which has caused a lot of fights. When Johnny’s best friend Ponyboy and him were in the park they were jumped by Bob and his group of Socs. They were drowning Ponyboy in the fountain and Johnny decided to take a courageous action and stab Bob to save Ponyboy. If it was not for Johnny, Ponyboy would be dead. Johnny knew that stabbing Bob would get him in trouble with the police, but he took the chance. “ You really killed him, huh, Johnny ?...

Johnny did this on many occasions throughout The Outsiders. First Johnny saved Ponyboy from being drowned by a Soc. Even though this could have caused Johnny to be beaten or killed by Bob and his gang, he was still willing to sacrifice his well-being for Ponyboy. Furthermore, when a house was burning down with two children inside, Johnny rushed to save them. He did this with the knowledge that he could be killed or seriously injured. He saved the children with Ponyboy’s help, but he was killed by all the injuries he sustained. Even through all this he was willing to die for the children. Johnny left a note saying, “I don't mind dying now. It's worth it. It's worth saving those kids.” Johnny willingly dies to save, and that makes him a

In contrast to the removed Johnny shown early on, after the realization that he endangered several children, he boldly rushed to assist. After killing Bob in self-defense, Johnny bolts with Ponyboy to an abandoned church in the countryside. However, after presumably dropping a lighted cigarette, the church ignites in a blaze of fumes. Realizing there are children in the flaming church, Johnny and Ponyboy dart to aid. During the calamity, Ponyboy realizes that, “Johnny had been right behind me all the way” as he slips through a broken window and into the fiery church and notes that, “Johnny wasn’t behaving at all like his old self...That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes” (92).

• Ponyboy and Johnny ran back into the church to rescue the kids that were inside

Towards the middle of the story, a boy named Johnny had killed a Soc that was drowning Ponyboy. He and Ponyboy fled the city to another town, and hid in an abandon church there for a week. When they were going to leave, they realized the church was on fire and there was kids trapped inside. Johnny and Pony were good friends and they decided to go help the children. After they rescued the children, they had to escape the burning, ravaged building. A flaming, steaming hot beam from the ceiling fell on Johnny. After this happened, Pony passed out, “ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost

Johnny comes across as weak and powerless in the beginning of the story, but as his character develops in the story, he shows his heroism by speaking up for people who are helpless and in need. “He started to put his arm around her, but Johnny reached over and stopped him.

Jonny, as Ponyboy, is a legend in his own particular one of a kind way. Johnny is an awesome case of chivalry since he demonstrates that everyone has gallant characteristics of valiance boldness and support within them and all it takes is an occasion to bring the qualities out. One critical illustration is that amid the section when the congregation is ablaze Johnny spares school youngsters as well as spares Ponyboy by driving Ponyboy out of the congregation abandoning him self in awesome threat of being smashed by the building's falling timbers. Ponyboy depicts it like this; "Johnny pushed me in reverse towards the window… [and screamed] get out." This demonstrates Johnny's dauntlessness and bravery on the grounds that the building was caving in and going to pulverize him. Another demonstration of chivalry that Johnny submits is that he stays standing for two young ladies

When Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally got back to the church, they optically discerned flames shooting up into the air like bullets. They realized it was emanating from the church and there were kids inside, they went in to preserve the little children in the ignited church. “One was screaming his head off, and Johnny yelled, “Shut up! We’re goin’ to get you out!” (92) When Johnny went inside to preserve the children, he was exhibiting heroics and intrepidness. Johnny was going to do anything to preserve those children, even if he might die. He put the incognito children's lives in front of his own. Johnny is a hero because he preserved lives and didn’t care if he got hurt. In that moment of mugginess and burns, he was the most munificent one

Hurry up grab the kids we need to get out there’s no time to save ANYTHING!! June 20, 1666 it was the day that I have lost something so valuable to me. The day was going good with my family like any other day. As the sun goes down we go in the house to get ready for bed. For a second I felt like something was going to happen. As I go to sleep like another night, I wake up to the screams of my name “ MICHAEL! “ “ MICHAEL! “ and the screams of “ FIRE! “. I was frightened of what was happening. I had to get up and I said” hurry up grab the kids we need to get out there’s no time to save anything” as we run outside screaming “HURRY HURRY!!”. I started to tear up as I stood there watching the house get consumed of

They came from the balconies and the main floor, the alcoholics, homosexuals, and drug addicts. Some came crying, some praying. Every open space became filled with a great number of people. A cloud of fire formed above their heads. It spread like a rushing flood twirling its flames in uncontrollable turbulence. The fire came to block out the ceiling lights and darkened the people it canopied with an orange glow. Lawrence monitored its growth, and when satisfied, summoned the torrent to fall on them with a nod of his head. The throng of people standing was knocked to the floor beneath the fire. When the flames and black smoke disappeared, it showed a disarrayed jumbled pile of humanity lying on one another. After untangling, they stood to return to their seats, having been purged of their afflictions. This was a day when all came to see anything was possible

In the town of Windrixville on top of Jay Mountain, a unknown source ignited a fire inside the old abandoned church. The sudden fire would have ended the life of four- five children around the age of eight years old if Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade had not been brave enough rescue them. This story began with a spontaneous class field trip to Jay Mountain. The teacher claims she instructed the children to not wander into the abandoned church, but the children disregarded her instructions. As a result, when the church ignited in flames the few children that disobeyed the teacher were trapped. Following the church bursting in flames, the teachers counted the children and at that point they knew the missing children had to have been in the church.