Character Analysis Of Johnny Cade In 'The Outsiders'

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People can change in a very short amount of time. Can some change be a good or bad thing? In the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, there is a boy named Johnny Cade and goes through lots of change in this story. We’re going to take a look in The Outsiders and see Johnny’s character and see why he is the way he is in this novel and how he’s grown or changed.
During the beginning of the of The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Johnny is described as a “lost puppy” or “a puppy that has been kicked too many times” (Hinton 5.) When Johnny was 16 years old, he was jumped by 5 “Socs” and was beaten very badly to the point where he was almost brought to death. Ever since that day had happened he always shut out the world. After that, Johnny never really
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