Novel: The Outsiders How does Johnny seem to change when he helps the kids out of the fire. Give two examples of how he changes and give evidence from the text to support it.

Johnny leaves on fear because of the abuse he suffered from his father and the Socs. However, fearing his and Ponyboy´s dumped cigarette butts could have set the church on fire, he surprisingly takes responsibility for the kids' safety and runs to their rescue.

Explanation:

Furthermore, he saves Ponyboy's life pushing him outside and gets badly hurt by the falling roof, leaving him in a critical condition that leads to his death. He goes from being considered a misfit to be a hero.

Before he dies, Johnny realices that his innocence is lost, but finds comfort on having save the kids from physical injury and from loosing the innocence he had long lost.