I think Johnny was justified because he killed the Soc for self-defense, plus the Socs were drowning Pony so Johnny didn't have a choice or help since it was 2 in the morning and Darry and Pony were fighting. Johnny didn't have a choice, he saved his friend and was able to protect himself, so the bad guy in this story are the Socs. Although murder isn't acceptable is is still justifiable because no matter what someone would have died.

Johnny was justified because Johnny really did it because of self-defense. When Johnny killed Bob, he repeated "I killed him" over and over, but then he says he had to, because they were killing Ponyboy, and they were going to beat up Johnny, too. The socs had a blade. I think that either Bob or Ponyboy was going to die, so Johnny took the matter into his own hands

It was justified because he was defending himself and if he didn't do that they would have drowned ponyboy and killed him. To add on, it was also justified because the Socs had beat them up and bothered them and they were capable of killing them.

I think that what Johnny did was JUSTIFIED. I think this because he was doing it in self-defense, and if he didn't do ponyboy could have died.Also, the socs where drunk and they didn't know exactly what they were doing so they could kill pony and also beaten johnny up again.

I feel that is was justified because of the fact that he was self safeguarding and on the off chance that he didn't cut them presumably they would have slaughtered Ponyboy by suffocating and drowning. It was likewise supported due to that the Socs had beat them up and disturbed them before and they were equipped for executing them.

Jhonny was justified because they were going to both hurt him and Ponyboy, and Pony might have been killed because of what the socs were doing to him. So what Jhonny did was just in self-defense, since they were going to hurt him, and kill Ponyboy.

I think that Johnny did the right things because if not PonyBoy would have been killed and Bob was just there bothering PonyBoy In my opinion I think that Bob deserves to be killed

What Johnny did was not the best decision he could of made. But, it was justified because wether they killed his friend Ponyboy and beat him up, or he killed one of the Socs to make them stop. It was the only way for his friend to survive and not be drowned and for him not to be hurt.

Yes I think Johnny did the right think to kill Non because if he wouldn't killed him Pony Boy would have been drowned and killed and Johnny decided to stand up and help his friend pony boy.

I also thing that Johnny did the right thing because he was saving another murder but a wrong murder because Bob and his friends were drowning Ponyboy because he wanted to, but Johnny killed him because he was also doing a murder, he was drowning Pony.

I think that Johnny was justified because when it comes to death you protect yourself and defend the people you love as well as himself. Also, in the book, they mentioned that Johnny was already hit before by the Socs and he has a really hard time with family. Finally, I agree that Jonny was justified in killing Bob.

I think it should be justified since it was used as self defense and to save his friend PonnyBoy. Otherwise if Johnny didnt take action PonnyBoy could get killed

Yes. Johnny could do this as a way of self-defense towards the socs because he and Ponyboy were being abused and he had to do something. And that was the only thing that he could do.

Yes, because he was doing it in self-defense and the socs were almost killing ponyboy.

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It was justified because Johnny did this to save Ponyboy who was being drowned and could have died. Also because he was defending himself, because they were beating him up.

I believe that there are 2 sides to these, but it is more justifiable YES because he shouldn't do it because you shouldn't kill people, and it is bad to do that, but it is good because they should do everything to defend their friends, because if Johnny didn't help him, Pony Boy would probably be dead, It is totally Justifiable.

He should be justified because it was like self defense and saving his friend because after they killed pony boy they would go and beat Johnny up or even though kill him too.

Johnny was only trying to protect his best friend and did what he thought he had to do at that moment.

Johnny was trying to save Ponyboy and himself from the socs because they were hurting them, there were about to kill them.

Throughout the book, we have seen how much the socs were close to killing greasers. For example when the socs grabbed PonyBoy and slit his neck. They were also drowning Pony and after that, they were going to beat up Johnny. That was self-defense to an extent. I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, but he shouldn't get in trouble. So, Johnny is justified.

Yes, Johny was justified. Because as it was mentioned before when Johny and Pony stand up for Dally because Cherry said something about him. Pony mentions how the gang stands up for themselves always. So this was a way of standing up for Pony. Also, Pony could've died if Johnny wouldn't have saved him. So Johhnny was in a situation to choose over a Soc or Pony. And I think he chose the right thing to stand up for Pony and save him.

In my perspective I think that Johnny was justified in killing Bob because of many reasons behind it. Although violence and killing is obviously not the answer, it was what he had to do to save his best friends life. If Johnny hadn't killed Bob, then Ponyboy would have been the one that ended up death, so it was up to Johnny, did he want Bob dead or his best friend? And since he didn't have much time to think of any other solutions, he just did what he did to save Ponyboy's life. And the intention that Johnny had by killing Bob wasn't negative at all, it wasn't much about hatred towards Bob but more of a good intention, to save Ponyboy. That is proven in the book, when Johnny keeps repeating to himself and Ponyboy that he just killed a person and murdered someone, so his intentions weren't bad at all. In addition to that, he also did it for himself, by killing Bob all the other Socs left running and scared, and if he hadn't done something like that then the other Socs would start to beat him up in any second. As a sum, Johnny isn't the one we should blame here, he would never do that if the Socs had come and start to almost kill his best friend. He really had no choice, there wasn't much time to think of any other solutions, so he just did it. Maybe now reflecting there could have been another solution for that situation, but if you were Johnny at that time I assure you that you wouldn't have thought of another solution in seconds.

It was right of Johnny to kill Bob in the park because him and the other socs were drunk, they were drowning Ponyboy and they were going to beat up Johnny after they killed Ponyboy

I think that Johnny was justified because, even though he murdered someone, it was one of his only options because Ponyboy was going to die and Johnny was next.

Yes, he did the right thing because he was defending his friend, its self-defense. Johnny was not going to let the Socs kill his friend and drown him to death. So he did what he had to do.

I think that Johnny was justified because if he wouldn't have killed Bob, maybe Ponyboy would get harmed really bad so I think that Johnny was just trying to protect his friend.

Yes because they were really hurting Johnny and Ponyboy and they had been hurting them for a long time, so they were protecting themselves not to get harmed again.

I think what Johnny did was justified. He was defending him self and pony boy which were being abused. He was protecting pony and him. He was being harmed by the Socs before so this means it was not the first time the Socs abuse him. He was doing it in a way of self defense.

Yes, Johnny was justified because someone was going to get killed there, either Ponyboy or Bob. So Johnny had to use self-defense in order for his best friend to not die. He also marked that Socs shouldn't mess with greasers and that they should stay in there territory or else. If he didn't do anything maybe he would have also been killed and Socs would be killing greasers all over. It was also justified because later in the book one Socs said that Bob was never told to stop and that stab that Johnny gave him was the first time that he was told no, so he learned to stop.

Johnny was justified because Bob was drowning his best friend. To add, Bob was bothering them. If he wouldn't do it Ponyboy would have been dead. Johnny had reasonable evidence to kill Bob.

Johnny was attempting to stop Pony boy from drowning by attacking the ones responsible and had already been traumatized previously by the same people. This case is a justifiable homicide, although there would need to be further investigation

I think Johnny is justified since he used his switchblade as self-defense. In my opinion, he used his advantage unwisely since he took someone's life but technically they were trying to take Ponyboys life.

Johnny is justified for killing Bob because there were multiple Socs bothering Pony boy close of drowning him so Johnny reacted killing Bob, making the other Socs to retreat and saving his buddies life. In my opinion Johnny is justified for his violence but has to be careful on his future he might get an act of violence against him in the future.

Yes Johnny was justified because he did it to defend himself, it may be a crime but you have the right to defend yourself.

Johnny had to kill bob because if he didn't kill him his friend pony-boy would be killed by bob by drowning him in the fountain and pony-boy didn't did nothing bad to bob for him to start drowning him. It was a very difficult situation it was to see his best friend dead or alive and so he wanted revenge and so he killed him.

Yes he did because the socs could had killed them, but with that they apear to be more scared

I truly believe that what Johnny did was acceptable, I believe this because his best friend pony boy was being drowned by the socs and there was nothing else he could've done. If he wouldn't do that it is very likely that pony boy wouldn't be alive and he would be alone. He did what he thought was right and he did it to defend his best friend not just because he wanted to.

I believe that it was a good decision because if he wouldn't have killed him ponyboy would've gotten really hurt and maybe could've died so he saved his life.

Johnny is justified because he did it for protection against Bob because he was drowning Ponyboy. Pony could have been killed and Johnny saved his life and probably his as well. Bob was drowning Ponyboy because of a pretty stupid reason, that they hung out with Cherry. Killing Bob also showed the Socs that they are capable of doing something like that. This scared them and probably made them think that it is not a good idea to bother them.

good because he was a bad person that always was doing bad things to everyody also i belive that is bad for everybody that guy was bad but if ponyboy would die he could saved his life

I think that Johnny was justified. It is understandable that fighting and violence is never the option for anything but they did not start the violence, they were confronted by it and he did what he could do best at that time. It is also clear that Johnny did not want to do it because towards the book he kept repeating his guilt and how he has to live with it the rest of his life. I think that it is safe to say that Johnny would have never killed anybody if they hadn't continuously be mean to them and jump them however, it was too much and it had gone to far so Johnny had to finally take a stand. Remember, if you keep on poking the bear it will eventually attack. At the end of the day he did it to protect a friend whom is like a family member and if your family member was dying wouldn't you do anything to protect him/her?

Of course, it was ok for Jhonny to kill Bob. The Socs were drowning Ponyboy. If Jhonny didn't kill Bob, Pony could have been severely damaged or even killed. Throughout the whole book, the Socs have been very close to killing a greaser. For example when they beat up Jhonny or when they were drowning Pony. So this is why I believe that Jhonny did a good job of being a loyal friend and defending Pony.

Johnny had to kill Bob because he depened on his friend and if he didn't kill him Ponyboy would be dead so it was a do or die situation but with all his froustration he had going on in his head he obviously wanted revenge.

Commenting to Andreas comment how is violence never an option if you depend on your best friends life you will act different so violence is an option in those cases but it's hard for us to see that because we don't experience those things but in that case violence is an option.

Johnny was justified because before he killed Bob, Bob was drowning Pony boy and nearly killed him so Johnny was defending his friend. Another reason why he was justified was because there was no other way that Bob and his friends could do something to scare them away in order to leave not just Pony boy alone at that moment but all the greasers for good.

Johnny had to kill Bob for a good reason because ponyboy was depending on him if not there was a chance pony boy could have been killed by the Socs. Also, Johnney was justified because he risks killing bob to save himself and Ponyboy.

Johnny is justified because in real life, if you were to be almost drowning and maybe even dying, it's okay to defend yourself. It is not the best option to murder someone but if you need to and the person is trying to kill you, I think it's justified. If Johnny were my friend I would be thankful because he saved my life even though he got into trouble. But would you rather die drowning or be safe but in some trouble. It's not okay to kill someone. There is a consequence to wrong actions. But Johnny killed because it was necessary to save his friend. Johnny saved a life while taking away one. It was the bad guy v.s his best friend. He is obviously going to save his best friend. All in all, I think it is justified for Johnny to kill the enemy because he was saving his best friend.

I think that johnny's murder was justified because it was self-defense because if he didn't kill him ponyboy would have drowned and died. Also, he couldn't ask for help because it was two in the morning and he could ask for help because the others were also fighting.

I think that Johnny was justified. He killed someone who was trying to kill his best friend by drowning him, even though Pony Boy had done nothing. Also, Johnny did have the right to defend his best friend by someone who had threatened and punched him a million times for again, no reason at all. If it wasn't for Johnny getting to be brave (which never happens) Pony Boy would've have been killed by the socs, and the greasers might have blamed it all on Johnny because he didn't take any action at all. Example from the text, "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up....". On the other hand, I kind of doesn't like that Johnny killed a person. First of all, it is legally wrong to kill someone, this makes Johnny be in a tight spot because he could be sent to jail. I also think that Johnny could've had saved Pony Boy without having to kill someone. In conclusion, I think that Johnny did have the right to take action and defend Pony Boy, by killing Bob.

Yes, Jhonny was justified. He killed someone who had done just as bad or worse than he had. Jhonny was doing the only thing he could, if he didn't kill Bob Ponyboy would probably be dead. Bob had previously hurt Jhonny and beat him up unfairly. He was protecting Ponyboy from any further damage and if Jhonny hadn't been brave they would probably BOTH be dead. It was also like self-defense because the socs jump greasers and hurt them for no reason like they did to him and they would probably have killed him too. Here is the proof: "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up...." On the other hand, killing is something really bad to do he could have just hurt him but then Bob would go with the cops and have him arrested. I think that Jhonny was in a tight spot were he had to choose whether to let something bad happen(Killing Bob) or something even worse for him (Pony and him getting killed).

Johny said "I killed him" and repeted it but when he relized that he needed to do it because if not he would of killed him and pony boy because they were no mach for Bob so he saved himself and ponyboy. He did what he needed to do for pony boy and himself

Johnny was justified. Johnny got the switchblade so he could later defend himself from the socs, if a attack like that happened again. Johnny kill Bob in self defense, as well the socs were drunks so they could easily kill Ponyboy if Johnny didn't intercept in the situation.

I think it was also right because that might stop the soces from beating upp the greases and he was about to keill ponyboy and later on hurt johnny.

Yes, Johnny was justified, even though violence isn't good he did it out of self defense because they were going to kill his friend. After Johnny killed him he felt really sorry and couldn't believe it, he also didn't mean to kill him but Ponyboy could have died. Also, the Socs were drunk and they were behaving really violently so Johnny didn't have an other choice

Johnny was justified because he killed Bob because of self-defense because they were drowning Ponyboy.

I yes he should because he was defending his friend, and they almost killed ponyboy. Since they both had a blade one of them was goning to end dead. JOhhny took the action that none had taken before but shouldve had.

Yes, Johnny was justified to kill Bob. The Soc's were putting in danger both Johnny and Ponyboy. Since Johnny is a good friend of Ponyboy he wanted to defend him. The Soc's were drunk and may have not known what they were and maybe they did but even if they did they were still putting in danger 2 people. Ponyboy could have died and I think that when Johnny killed Bob he had let out all of his anger and he mostly did it to save Ponyboy.

Although murder is not justified, Johnny was doing it in self-defence and the murder was accidental, so he didn't want to commit murder just protect his friend

Jhonny was justified because it is so that he can save poney boy. This is because it dosent matter if he killd hime because he atleast saved his friend

Johnny was justified because if Johnny used his blade when Bob did not do anything or was innocent, that might not be justified but Bob and his gang drowned Johnny on purpose and Johnny used a blade to defend himself and he wouldn't have known that he would kill him. If Johnny didn't do anything and didn't defend himself from them, he would have died.

Johnny is justified because Johnny did it in self-defense. When Johnny killed Bob, he said "I killed him" over and over, but then he says he had to, because they were assaulting Ponyboy, and they were going to beat up Johnny, too. The socs had a blade. I think that either one of them was going to die, so Johnny took it into his own hands.

Yes, Jhonny was justified because he did it as self-defense. If he had not done it maybe pony boy would be dead, he was just protecting his brother and himself because they were beating him up. The socs also had a weapon, they had a blade and they have hurt pony boy before with the blade, they left him a scar on the neck. When Jhonny saw that pony boy was going to die, he took care of the problem and he ended up killing Bob but he had saved his brother.

Johnny should be justified because when you are talking about people drowning your friend that you treat like a brother the only thing you can do if you don't have the ability to fight is injure them but killing is NOT AN OPTION. This should be justified because the Socs also had already beaten Johnny extremely bad.

I think that Johnny was justified for killing the Soc, it was self-defense to protect Ponyboy and himself. At first, he never thought about killing the Soc until he started drowning Ponyboy and hurting him, he did that because if he wouldn't they would be the ones getting hurt. Maybe it wasn't the best decision but it definitely saved them.

Johhny was justified because he was defending himself and Ponyboy, and if he wouldn't kill Bob Ponyboy could have died and Johhny wouldn't let that happen since Ponyboy is his best friend. I also think it was justified because they were being harmed by the Socs and if Johnny wouldn't have done anything the socs would keep picking on them. Furthermore, Johhny marked that they shouldn't mess with the greasers and they should mess with the ones of their own kind.

In my opinion, I think that Johnny was justified because even though it was a really harmful thing to do he was doing it to protect his caring friend, Ponyboy. Ponyboy had been really good friends with Johnny since his parents didn't want him around and even though they could have gotten in trouble Johnny did it because he was trying to help Ponyboy from drowning. In the book, it says "He was a strange greenish-white, and his eyes were huger than I'd ever seen them." This proves that Johnny did feel guilty of his actions but did it to protect his friend. On the other hand, Jonny also said: "'I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up....'" This is why I think that Johnny was justified.

Johnny was justified because he killed Bob for self-defense because they where drowning Ponyboy.

in Johnny's case he did not have a choice, if he did not kill Bob then he would be dead himself so it's more of a eat or be eaten situation.

I believe Johnny had a reason to kill bob in the park. In the book, it mentioned that anytime that the Socs would try to beat him up again, he would use his switch blade to hurt the Socs because of when they beat him up. Johnny also is justified since the Socs were about to drown Ponyboy, he saved Ponyboy by killing Bob. If Johnny wouldn't have killed Bob, Ponyboy would be dead, that's another reason why he is justified for committing this act.

Johnny is justified because bob was going to execute johnny anyway so Johnny said nope

i think it was okay for him to kill them because it was in a form of self defense.

i think johnny was justified because it was self defense for killing the soc he was downing pony so johnny protected his friend

Johnny did self defense and someone was going to get kill any way,johnny or ponyboy. Johnny remembered how they hurt him and he didn't want to happen again to him or ponyboy.

I think Johnny was justified because he was protecting and saving Pony boy from being drowned and killed so he was just trying to protect himself and Pony boy he had no intentions of killing Bob, and even though murder was not the answer he had to do what he had to do to be safe.

Since Bob was drowning Pony, I think it was right for Johnny to stab Bob for it was Self-Defense. Self-Defense is killing to protect yourself or others.

Johnny had self defense also somebody was going to die, Johnny or Bob.

johnny was trying to protect himself and save pony boy. if johnny didn't kill the guy pony would of drowned and they would of hurt or kill johnny as well.

I support this argument because if it is 2 in the morning and 2 people are fighting, then it would've gone bad if someone didn't do anything.

I support this argument because 2 people were fighting and it was 2 am.

I think that if bob was trying to hurt Johnny he has the right to kill bob for hurting him and the other greasers and bob had the right to die because he was hurting him and Ponyboy so yes Johnny had the right to kill bob for protection.

I think johnny is justified because he only killed one of the socs to protect ponyboy and himself.

I think johnny was rightfully justified because he was in danger from Bob and his gang members and so was ponyboy so attacking the was only self-defense.

I think Johnny was justified because he killed the Soc for self-defense, plus the Socs were drowning Pony so Johnny didn't have a choice or help since it was 2 in the morning and Darry and Pony were fighting. Johnny didn't have a choice, he saved his friend and was able to protect himself, so the bad guy in this story are the Socs. Although murder isn't acceptable is is still justifiable because no matter what someone would have died.

I say Johnny was justified because he has the freedom of speak

I think johnny was justified because he said "yes i did kill him' over and over again. If he didn't kill him pony boy would be dead. They was trying to kill his friend. They beat up pony boy and tried to kill him so johnny did not want his friend to die so he took things in his own hand. Its self-defense. Bob attracted the boys that's why he had to kill bob.

I think Johnny is justified because he killed as a act of self-defense because they were drowning Ponyboy and kicking Johnny.

i agree with Johnny killing Bob because they were drowning Pony boy. If he didn't kill him Pony boy would have been killed.

Johnny was justified because they were about to drown Ponyboy, so he could have died. Plus, Johnny didn't have much time to think, so he just did what his instinct told him to.

He couldn't have tried to just fight back because he was outnumbered and that would never work, and also because he was scared of them.

I believe that Johnny was justified because if he did not kill Bob the Soc he would have been drowned all in self defense.

Johnny was justified because her was doing it to protect someone, he wasn't the one that started messing with anyone, and I'm pretty sure he didn't mean to kill anyone.

I agree because johnny was trying to save Pony from the socials drowning him.Johnny was doing the right thing which was to stab bob the soc.I think he wanted to kill bob the soc because if he didn't pony would have died.Johnny was using self-defense for a good reason.Johnny was a good friend because he saved Pony.

Johnny was justified because he killed Soc Bob to save Ponyboy's life.

Johnny has suffered enough being beat at home so i think he doesn't need jail time. I also think that what Johnny did was self-defense. He was sticking up for him and Ponyboy. Taking Johnny to jail won't help him or fix what he did.

I think johnny was justified in doing the killing. If johnny didn't kill bob the situation could of ended out worse than this. If he didn't then after they kill pony-boy they may would of come for johnny and he would be frozen in place. if he just injured bob they would of tackled johnny and killed him. Then the other greaser may go on a rampage and kill some socs for payback. Bob was under the influence so murder and other things didn't seem bad at all. so negotiating may be a horrible idea thinking you may not gain scars. If Bob lived he would live another day to kill someone else and he can also "Negotiate" with the police since they are rich or blame the greasers for such things. Even though the greasers must be more aware at least the socs won't think of killing unless in huge groups so the greasers can't be easily picked off. Personally if that event didn't happen then the possibilities would be much worse than just one or the other dying. Plus he was doing it for self defense for himself and pony-boy.

yes he was because it was self defense.If he had not stabbed him ,he would have gotten killed.It was self

defense and he does not deserve to be put in jail.

Johnnys murder was justified because either Ponyboy or Johnny was going to die, they where drowning ponyboy and Bob was about to beat up Johnny they even had a blade. After killing Bob Johnny repeted the same thing "I killed him" over and over again, this told us how Johnny was not regreting his actions since he did something to defend him self and Pony. This tells us that eventhough Johnny is not treated correct by his parents he is still taught to defend others and even do things to protect his loved one.

Yes jhonny should bejustified because Every kill on self defense should be justified because lets say someone pulls out a knife on you and tries to attack you or even kill you, U should have the opportunity to have self defense and be justified no matter what