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Date Submitted: 09/16/2014 11:45 AM
Miguelina Montiel
January, 7,2013
The Outsiders Persuasive Essay
A hero for someone might be someone who helps or does something amazing with some kind of powers. For me, a hero is a person doing something brave that will help others. In The Outsider, there is more then one hero. I consider ponyboy a hero. Ponyboy had done something’s that I would not have the courage to do for someone or something. He saved kids inside a burning church, people from his town even consider him a hero, and he stands by Jonny.
Ponyboy went inside the church that was on fire and was about to fall to the ground to save the kids that were trapped inside. “ I jerked loose and ran on. All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it!”(91). we Ponyboy thought that it was his fault that the fire started because earlier in that day they stared smoking, so he took responsibility of his actions. For me, that is something a hero would do because some started something, but wouldn’t have the courage to help or do something to stop what they have done.
After the incident at the church happened the people that lived in the town thought he was a hero for saving those kids inside the church with his friends. Some reporter even wanted to interview him and ask him a couple of questions. “ The reporters and the police came. They asked to many questions too fast, and got me all mixed up.”- Pg.100. Ponyboy’s profile went form being bad went to being a hero. “ I stared at the newspaper. On the front page of the second section was the headline: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES.”- PG. 107. Jerry Wood and Mrs. O’Briant from the church thought that he was sent straight from heaven, or just some kind of hero .“Mrs. O’Briant and I think you were sent straight from heaven. Or are you just professional heroes or something?”- Pg.95. Jerry even mentioned that Ponyboy and his other 2 friends were the bravest kids he had seen in a long time .“ I swear, you three kids are the bravest kids...