Johnny Andrew Cade

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Birthday: March 1, 1949
Death: 1965, aged 16, died of burn injuries and broken back

- 16 years old

- traumatized after 4 Socs jumped him; never talked about it after that

- small build

- big black eyed

- dark tanned face

- jet black hair

- sensitive

- "everyone's kid brother"

- father always beats him

- mother ignores him or yells at him

- parents don't care if he comes home or not

- always nervous around strangers

- worships Dallas

- nicknamed Johnnycake by the gang

- never been a coward

- good fighter

- quiet around cops

- huge fear of cops

- never walked by himself anymore after he got jumped

- carries a six-inch switchblade

- liked Gone With the Wind after Pony read it to him

- failed a year in school, never made good grades

- hates when someone is mad at him

- started smoking when he was 9

- it takes a lot to make it cry

- doesn't talk unless he's forced to

- has never talked back to anyone

- looks 14, and it bugs him

- only owns one jacket

- sticks up for the gang

- once received a lecture from Steve on how girls like Sylvia can get him in trouble; hasn't spoken to girls much after that

- dislikes The Beatles

- likes Elvis Presley

- "Quiet, soft-spoken Little Johnny, who wouldn't hurt a living thing on purpose..."

- used to go to church with Ponyboy; really liked to go

- crazy about drag races

- "He figured Dally knew more than he did, and Dally's word was law."

- never been away from the neighborhood

- would sleep over at Two-Bit's, the Curtis' or in the vacant lot in good weather

- all he wants is for Dally to be proud of him

- "I guess he had listened to more beefs and more problems from more people than any of us. A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying, is something rare."

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