The Outsiders Johnny's Death Novels & Stories

"Some people just love attention. He totally deserved to get dragged like that." Every word was like a knife cutting into my heart, making an already humiliating moment even worse. And now, John was dead. … After class, the rumors exploded all over school. "They found John dead at home. His tongue was cut out." "What? His tongue?" "Yeah. The killer sliced it off. There was blood everywhere." My head spun. John's tongue was cut out? The guy who'd wagged tongues and mocked me had his tongue cut out? The symbolism was impossible to ignore.

There, spelled out vertically across the left-hand margin of the piece of yellow notepad paper, is my name: Susan Baker Adam Jackson Raven Arronson Amaranda Cosack Henry Polls Kyle Andrews Ian Bond Lavanna Cox Larry Wilkinson Ida Brown Aaron Belue Nathon Swanson The only crimp in this is Johnny—but he was killed over a month after the first twelve were, so it stands to reason that Johnny’s murder was not intended to be included as part of the original message. That’s why Nick stopped killing after those first twelve; he wanted to leave a clear gap so that it would be clear that Johnny was not part of the message

Johnny sensed my fear, gently squatting down, his warm, broad hand softly stroking my head, a kind smile on his face as he reassured me, "Jess, don't be afraid. I'm here, and I won't let anyone bully you." He patiently introduced me to everything around us, telling me there would be many fun things at school, and I would make many new friends. His voice was deep and magnetic, like the warm sun in spring, dispelling the gloom in my heart. Johnny was such a kind and reliable guardian. How could he possibly be the murderer Zander described? Would a killer be haunted by memories of his comrades, unwilling to free himself from the grip of post-traumatic stress disorder? I looked at Zander and sai

I wouldn't be able to stop myself from killing Marco if Cassie dies. "Cassie?" Johnny said as he came charging into the infirmary. When he saw her hooked up to the machines he dropped to his knees with a thud. Johnny was always protective of his younger siblings. Now to see his sister in a bed nearly dead must have felt terrible. I couldn't bear to see her in this condition. "Who did this?"