What will arrogance do to you?  In Johnny Tremain, Johnny has a tendency to be arrogant due to his difficult job as a silversmith.  Is Johnny strong enough to fight the temptations?

                When people tease Johnny, he gets frustrated easily.  “This was too much for Johnny.  He turned on the little girls. Cil, you can just about keep your mouth shut until then.” (p. 17).  Johnny doesn’t have much patients and he angers easily when Cilla makes fun of him. When Johnny gets mad, he says things that are sometimes hurtful towards others.  Johnny’s job as a silversmith makes him balk when he has an audacious task to do.

 

                Johnny has a tough time trying not to lose his temper when Dove and Dusty make him mad.  “Dove, Dusty, Johnny was yelling, build up the furnace, fetch in some charcoal. Hi! You lazy, good-for-nothing dish mops.” (p. 28).  If Johnny’s laborious work acquires hard craftsmanship, he tends to fall into a bad mood.  Johnny often gets vain when confronted with a difficult job.  It is well shown that when things do not come easy, he tends to be arrogant towards those around him.

 

                Johnny, a talented, young silversmith often lets his arrogance take over his talent.  People that make Johnny frustrated, they get yelled at due to his exceptionally short temper.