Dynamic Character

Dynamic Character

This is a piece about Randy and how he is a dynamic character in The Outsiders

In a story, there are always some people that will not change at all. They are called static. From the beginning to the end of the story they won’t change at all. However, when someone changes, they are described as dynamic. This change could be very little such as a change in a feeling towards someone, or as extreme as them changing into almost a whole new person. In The Outsiders, one of the characters who changes the most is Randy.

In the beginning of the story, Randy is a soc, meaning that he is a rich kid that lives on the west side of town. He drives around with his friend Bob in a mustang and goes around jumping greasers. He gets drunk and into fights with people and is even part of the cause of Bobs death.

Bobs death was probably the main reason why Randy changed so much. The reason that I think that is because it was after that, that he talked with Ponyboy and realized that his own problems weren’t as bad as Ponyboy’s. When he talks with Ponyboy, he realizes that the rumble won’t change anything between the Greasers and the Socs. “Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs” is one of the main quotes of the story. This is why I consider him to be a very dynamic.

Randy is not the only character in The Outsiders that change. I would have to say that Johnny Cade is the 2^nd most dynamic. He changes to a tough guy while at first he was the “kid” of the gang. That is two different things but they both change. Also Ponyboy changes throughout the story but again it is in a very different way. Cherry is the only person who is dynamic in the same way as Randy because they both almost change from a Soc to a Greaser and they also understand that the greasers and socs are both people and don’t discriminate against the other.

Randy himself doesn’t only change but, he changes the views of other people as well. Take Ponyboy for example. When he talks with randy he realizes that socs aren’t all bad and that carries to the rest of the gang like Johnny. These are the reasons that Randy is a dynamic character.

Response to the themes of The Outsiders

The definition of Family

This is a paper about the definition of family theme and how it relates to Johnny’s life.

What is a family? Is it your mom and dad? Or your sisters and brothers? In some cases it is the people who take care of your or are around you. They may not be blood related, but that is why family is a very unique thing.

When you think of family, you probably think of your immediate family but for Johnny, his mother and father could care less about him. He is neglected my both of them but the time he is with his dad is when his dad is beating him. The only form of family is the greasers. Ponyboy says that “He would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there”.

The one in the gang that is the most like his family would have to be Dally. Dallas Winston is the one in the gang who cares for Johnny the most as if he was actually his blood family. Sure, everyone else is likes Johnny and is friends with him, but Dally is the one who saved him from the fire and, when Johnny dies, Dally kill himself. I believe he did that because he thought that Johnny was the one (good) thing that he lived for. This is why the greasers are his only family. This situation proves that your real family isn’t always blood related.

The Outsiders Essay

This is a essay about how Johnny Cade is the most dynamic character in The Outsiders.

The definition of dynamic is someone who changes from when you first met them to the end. The change could be small or very different. The change will affect those around the person and the person’s environment. In The Outsiders there are many dynamic characters, but the most is Johnny Cade.

In the book, Johnny is described as a little puppy that had been kicked too much. By that they meant that he had been beaten by his dad and jumped by the socs a bunch of times. He was the smallest of the gang, even though he was older than Ponyboy. He got jumped twice in the in the story, and the fights had taken their toll. He had bruises and cuts and a big scar on his face. That must have also taken a mental toll too. His parents not only beat him, but they neglect him too.

Although in the beginning of the story everybody acts like he is the “kid” of the gang, after he gets into yet another fight, he is looked at differently by the gang, the socs, and the whole town. Bob, the soc with the mustang that jumped Johnny before, is drunk and almost drowns Pony boy in a water fountain. That is, until Johnny takes Bobs’ life(but in his defense it was purely self defense).

Going from the gangs pet to a murderer is a pretty big change. I don’t think that anyone who knew Johnny would have ever expected that from him. Some of the characters do not change a whole lot. Like Dallas Winston, who doesn’t change at all during the story. He is always picking fights and drinking and all that stuff.

The reason that I chose Johnny as the most dynamic character is that he changes the most. The only other character that I think changes the 2^nd most would have to be Pony boy because, he goes from a kid who gets good grades likes to read and is a respectful person, to a criminal who aides Johnny (who at that point is a murderer) and is on the run hiding from the cops. Other than that the other characters who don’t play as big a role as those two, don’t really change. That is why Johnny Cade is the most dynamic person in The Outsiders.