Reece Cheshire 2-24-23 2nd hour The reason we are today is because Johnny Cade is being wrongfully accused of murder. It was a dark and cold night, about two-thirty in the morning. Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis were on a walk in the park. Robert Sheldon, called Bob, and his friends were also on a walk in the park. The two groups met with each other not long after Ponyboy and Johnny arrived. Bob and his friends attacked Ponyboy Curtis by shoving his head into the fountain and they attempted to drown him. Johnny could only help by pulling out his switchblade, and defending Ponyboy and himself. Johnny is innocent, because what he did was self-defense. Ponyboy said, the socs shoved his head into the fountain, he fought but they were strong, he said he was dying. The next thing he knew, he was lying on the pavement beside the fountain. Ponyboy was attacked by Bob and his friends, and needed help, that was stated on pages fifty-five and fifty-six. Johnny was jumped once before by Bob and his friends, and almost died. He did not want Ponyboy to be hurt or killed. Johnny felt threatened and knew if he did not help, Ponyboy would have died. All of this points out that Johnny felt threatened and his friend needed help, so he did the only thing he could …show more content…
Johnny said “I had to. They were drowning you Pony. They might have killed you.” This shows that he did not want to kill Bob, but he did it out of self-defense. On page thirty-four it says, “And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He’d use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much.” This shows that it was not the first time Bob jumped Johnny. Johnny knew what Bob was capable of, and if he did not help, Bob would have killed Ponyboy. Johnny did not want to do what he did, it was self-defense, and he should not be charged with murder, when he was just protecting himself and his
These to have a history of quarrels and stick-ups. I believe that Johnny is not justified in what he did and is guilty because he had the intent to kill a Soc for attacking him before and wanted revenge, he killed the wrong person, and he was carrying a concealed switchblade. The first reason that leads me to believe that Johnny is guilty is that he wanted revenge because the socs had attacked him before. The text tell us that after the attack, Johnny started carrying “in his back
(Page 56-57) The Greasers were clearly going to kill Ponyboy here and so Johnny had every right because he committed Justifiable Homicide according to https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded/expandhomicidemain “The killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen. Because these killings are determined through law enforcement investigation to be justifiable, they are tabulated separately from murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Justifiable homicide information can be found in Expanded Homicide Data Table 14, “Justifiable Homicide, by Weapon, Law Enforcement, 2006–2010” and Expanded Homicide Data Table 15, “Justifiable Homicide, by Weapon, Private Citizen, 2006–2010.” “ This means that Johnny had the right to kill the Socials because he was stopping them from committing a felony which was killing Ponyboy so legally Johnny did nothing wrong and the Socials are to blame for the death of Bob.
Johnny should not face punishment for killing Bob because it was self-defense. When he did it, he saw the Socs killing Ponyboy and reacted by stabbing him. He was provoked and could have gotten extremely hurt. This point is further proven when Johnny states, “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony.
This supports why Johnny is innocent because the Socs beat up Johnny very badly in the past to the point where it traumatized him so badly that he brought a pocket knife with him. Johnny also was treated very poorly in his family. The book describes Johnny as a “lost puppy”. His family physically and verbally abused Johnny and his parents don't show any emotion or affection towards him. Johnny would be innocent because of his trauma from his family and the Socs beating him up so
Johnny has smoked cigarettes but never has he kill someone. Johnny Cade suffered from numerous events to lead him to kill Bob. Therefore, he should not be punished to the extent of the law. To start, toxic stress is very atrocious to young teenagers. Researchers say, “Harsh or authoritarian parenting causes toxic stress in children.
Due to the fact that Ponyboy was getting drowned and he couldn’t do anything to save himself, Johnny reacted in the best possible way he could. Johnny did what he could in that moment because Ponyboy means so much to him. Johnny was afraid of the Socs and especially Bob because he was the one who attacked Johnny in the past. Nonetheless, Johnny confronted Bob and ended the misery by finishing Bob’s life. To conclude, in the face of danger the Greasers show
they were gonna beat me up…” (pg.57). (X)This shows how Johnny would have the risk of being attacked by the Socs as well. If Bob killed Ponyboy, who knows what Johnny would have done. He could have killed Bob afterwards, or gotten killed.
He killed bob because he thought that Ponyboy was going to get killed, and he jumped into that church, risking his life to save many children 's lives. I think he didn 't want to see other lives go to waste after he took one himself. Johnny had a good reason to be scared. Johnny is a interesting character in the story, The Outsiders. Without his unique personality and background, the greasers just wouldn 't be the same.
One reason Johnny Cade's Attorney believes he’s innocent is because it states on page 57 “ I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade… they were gonna beat me up.'' This leads Kenidy to believe Johnny did not go into the fight intending on killing a Socs and was just protecting
So I’ll give an explanation from the book about a person named Johnny Let's take Johnny and Bob, Bob had gotten jealous of Johnny’s friend, Ponyboy. Johnny killed Bob because you have to take in that Johnny is an abused child. So When he responds to danger it’s fight or flight or he gets beat up. The people who beat him up are the ones who made him who he is. It’s a part of his identity so now it sticks with him.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, A 16 year old boy Johnny Cade was attacked by a car full of socs. Later on he and his best friend, Ponyboy Curtis, were attacked by the same Socs again leading to Johnny killing Bob Sheldon. In this case, Johnny Cade is not justified in what he did and is guilty. Johnny is claimed guilty for the murder because he wanted revenge against Bob, he could have only easily injured Bob, and he and Pony fled from the crime scene and got a gun from Dally.
For example, in Chapter 4, bob was drowning Ponyboy in a water fountain and johnny pulled out the knife that he was carrying on him and shook off the other socs that were beating him up and he stabs bob to save Ponyboy. This textual evidence shows “Then I saw johnny. He was sitting next to me, one elbow on his knee, and staring straight ahead. He was a strange greenish-white, and his eyes were huger than I’d ever seen them. “I killed him.”
Pg,57 ). “Like… -I swallowed- like they did before?”(Ponyboy Pg.57). This evidence is proof that Johnny only wanted to defend them. Johnny committed a homicide kill, only to protect himself and Ponyboy.
Consequently with all that was going on at that moment, Johnny defended himself and Ponyboy who is one of the Greasers. Furthermore, Ponyboy responds saying, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny? ‘Yeah.’ His voice quivered slightly. ‘I had to.
At one point in the novel, Johnny and Ponyboy were walking to the park after Darry slapped Ponyboy. When they were there a group of Socials (the opposing gang) pulled up on them and tried to drown Ponyboy for talking to Cherry and trying to take her home. Before Ponyboy drowned Johnny stabbed Bob and killed him. The author writes, “"I killed him," he said slowly. "I killed that boy."