University:
Herzing University
Course:
HU 340 | Humanities and Contemporary Popular Culture
Academic year:

2021
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22

Pages:

1
Author:

sekorolaiirn

Character Trait Investigation Evidence from “The Outsiders” Definition: Character traits are individual aspects of personality. Identify FOUR character traits for your selected character and write quotations and/ or examples for these traits in the spaces provided In chapter 1 when Ponyboy is describing Johnny he describes Evidence from “The Outsiders” In chapter 6 Johnny follows Pony into the burning church to save him as being scared of his own shadow after getting jumped very a group of kids inside even though he knows he might not make it badly by the socs. out. Identified trait: anxious Identified trait: brave Character: Johnny Cade Identified trait: nervous Evidence from “The Outsiders” In chapter 1 Ponyboy says “He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes” Identified trait: guilty How do these character traits help to shape this character’s worldview ? Johnny values economy because he’s grown up kind of on Evidence from “The Outsiders” In chapter 5 Johnny feels really guilty about killing Bob and the streets. He doesn’t have a lot of money so he values dragging Pony into it and he says; “This is my fault," Johnny said because, when he has money he’s scared he’s gonna get bringin' a little thirteen-year-old kid along. You ought to go home. what money he has. I think that makes him anxious jumped. Johnny feels guilty and I think that makes him value society because society has taught him it’s not a good ideas to kill someone. in a miserable voice. He had stopped crying when I started. "For You can't get into any trouble. You didn't kill him.”