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S.E. Hinton uses Johnny Cade"s vulnerable personality and broken home life in The Outsiders to suggest that heroes do not have to be perfect. Throughout the novel, Hinton characterizes Johnny as coming from terrible circumstances: an abusive father, a critical, non-caring mother, and living on the wrong "side of...
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S.E. Hinton uses Johnny Cade"s vulnerable personality and broken home life in The Outsiders to suggest that heroes do not have to be perfect. Throughout the novel, Hinton characterizes Johnny as coming from terrible circumstances: an abusive father, a critical, non-caring mother, and living on the wrong "side of the tracks." Ponyboy observes while reading Gone With the Wind that Johnny was really impressed by those "gallant" Southern gentlemen because they reminded him of Dally, whom he also perceived as being gallant. Johnny admired those men and Dally for their bravery, and when circumstances required his action, Johnny acted bravely as well.
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When the church building caught on fire, Johnny acted as bravely as those southern gentlemen who "