The Outsiders

why does johnny like it better when his father is hitting him?

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Johnny prefers it when his dad is hitting him because, as he says, it is these times when Johnny feels like his father knows that he is there. I guess this is a case of bad attention is better than no attention.

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The Outsiders/ Chapter 3