Johnny Cade was another group member, they all thought of him as the “gang pet” or a little brother. He was always very nervous, jumpy, and suspicious due to the Socs almost murdering him, for fun. Throughout the book Johnny Cade faces many obstacles that make life a little bit harder each time. One of the biggest obstacles he had to overcome was when the Socs beat him up. “A blue mustang had pulled up beside the lot.. One of them had a lot of rings on his hand - that's what had cut Johnny up so badly. It wasn't just that they had beaten him half to death - he could take that. They had scared him… Johnny was a high-strung anyway, a nervous wreck from getting belted every time he turned around and from hearing his parents fight all the time.”
