When Bob and some Socs once again attack Johnny and Ponyboy, Johnny keeps his promise to himself and uses the switchblade to kill Bob. After Bob's death, many of the characters on both sides of the city gain a positive perspective on the uselessness of the violent rivalry between the two social classes.
Johnny, one of the greasers, has killed Bob Shelly, the leader of the Socs. Johnny is not justified in what he did and is guilty because he had the intent to kill, the Socs didn't have the intent, and Johnny killed Bob, who didn't cause any physical harm in the fight.
Bob's bloody corpse is nearby. Johnny says, “I killed him,” and Ponyboy sees Johnny's switchblade, dark to the hilt with blood. Ponyboy panics, but Johnny remains calm.
Young Robert “Bob” Sheldon was killed tragically a few weeks ago. The teen was only 18. He was violently stabbed through the back and left at the park. Police found the body the next day in a pool of his own blood.
Who killed Bob and saved the children in The Outsiders?
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders tells the story of two rival groups of teenagers called the Greasers and the Socs. When twelve-year-old Greaser Ponyboy, nicknamed Pony, and his friend Johnny are attacked by a group of Socs, Johnny stabs and kills a Soc named Bob in order to save Ponyboy.
Darry tells Randy that Ponyboy is racked up physically and so emotionally stressed that he doesn't remember what really happened and that's why he thinks he killed Bob. Pony pretends he killed Bob and that Johnny isn't dead because he figured it wouldn't hurt as much.
He took action without thinking through the consequences, driven by his own trauma and anger at the Socs for hurting his friend. Later, he regretted his actions, but by then, the deed had been done.
Johnny was "scared to death" because he did not want to get jumped again. Pony had no weapon, but wished he had one. All Johnny could think about was the last time he got jumped, and when the Socs threatened to cut them he took out his knife and attacked Bob in self-defense.
Answer and Explanation: In The Outsiders, Johnny dies as a result of burns and a spinal injury sustained while rescuing children from the burning church.
Prior to Johnny stabbing Bob Sheldon, Ponyboy 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. He would kill the next person who jumped him.
The rings in this story represent the physical power that accompanies wealth. By using his rings as combative weapons, Bob takes advantage of his economic superiority over Ponyboy and the other greasers, using his wealth to injure his opponents.
Whatever the reasoning, Pony is in a state of denial. Denying that Johnny killed Bob and that now Johnny is dead is the only way that Pony is able to deal with the two deaths. Pony feels that Randy's concern over letting his father down is ludicrous.
Bob drives the plot forward by nearly causing Ponyboy to drown and by getting killed by Johnny, causing Ponyboy and Johnny to flee town. Bob shows that "life is rough all over." His parents never set any boundaries for him, so he often goes too far in his actions.
I didn't know what he had do with it then, but I do now." However, even after he recovers from his denial about the events and knows that Johnny killed Bob, Ponyboy remains emotionally shut down and depressed. Ponyboy loses interest in life.
Johnny killed Bob to save Ponyboy's life. He had no other choice. If he had allowed Bob to live, Ponyboy would have drowned and suffocated to death underwater when he and the other Socs were dunking him underwater in that fountain to try to kill him.
How does Dally get hurt? Be specific? He got burned because he went into the church to get johnny because the roof caved in on him and ember fell on johnny's back.
Bob Sheldon was the attacker and was going to kill Ponyboy. Johnny Cade is not a murderer, but a loyal friend who had to protect his friend. His actions were justified and he must be found not guilty because he acted only to protect the life of another.
Johnny was pushed to the ground, and then the Socs dunked Ponyboy multiple times in the fountain, and he almost drowned. Johnny then pulled out his knife and stabbed Bob, killing him.
Did Johnny get stabbed in The Outsiders? Johnny does not get stabbed in The Outsiders. He does, however, stab Bob, a Soc who had jumped him months before, in order to save Ponyboy.
Bob tells Ponyboy that greasers are white trash with long hair, and Ponyboy retorts that Socs are nothing but white trash with Mustangs and madras shirts.
One reason Johnny and Ponyboy react so differently after the incident with Bob in The Outsiders is that Johnny has a traumatic background and naturally calm disposition.
Johnny refuses to see his mother, and then he faints. Two-Bit and Ponyboy are told to leave, so they give Gone With the Wind to the nurse and go to see Dally Winston, who is also in the hospital after being burned dragging Johnny out of the burning church. In the hallway, they see Johnny's mother.
