Imagine a world where you are constantly criticized and judged, when violence becomes an everyday issue. In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy lives in a place where he is constantly pegged in a category. When a quagmire forces him and his friends to defend themselves, they must endure a series of emotional and physical challenges. With this, the Socs were responsible for causing Johnny’s death. There are many reasons why this claim is true. The only reason the boys were at the church was because the Socials jumped them and Johnny had to defend Ponyboy and himself, forcing them to go into hiding. After Johnny kills Bob, they go to Dally for help. When Johnny told Dally how he had knifed the Soc, he explained to Dally that, “We figured