CharacterAnalysisAJ15

"Johnny Cake" in //The Outsiders// is always nervous. When he got beat by the socs he never was the same. He is abused by his parents and surprisingly compassionate to others.
 * Character Analysis**

Johnny being nervous is obvious but he hasn't always been this way. Before Johnny got beaten by the socs he was a tougher guy. A gnarly example of this is on page 4, where Pony says that Johnny was scared after the beating. "Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that" ( Hinton, 4). After the beating, Johnny has been exceptionally nervous. On page 24 there is a magnificent example of Johnny being nervous after the beating. "Johnny was always nervous around strangers" (Hinton, 24).

Another reason that Johnny can be nervous is because gets abused by his parents. Johnny getting abused isn't a joke it is quite sad honestly. He gets abused by his parents a lot. "His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him..."(Hinton, 12). Johnny's parents weren't the best of parents. Johnny gets abused so much by his parents that when he was injured he didn't want to talk to his mom. "' I don't want to see her.'" (Hinton 122).

After being abused and nervous, Johnny is surprisingly compassionate. Johnny is willing to stand up to the person who loves him the most just to be nice to some girls. Even when he was scared of being arrested he still was nice to Pony. He even told Pony to leave because Pony did nothing.