Rivalry leads to regrets. When several members of the greasers get injured. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The Outsiders is a book about Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with Society. Ponyboy is a greaser. Greasers have a rival game which are the socials or socs. These gangs are always fighting. Ponyboy always says that fighting is bad and useless. All the greasers and the socials learn that the hard way. Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboys actions reveal who they really are as people.
To begin, Dallys decisions and actions reveal who he is as a person. In the novel Dally says he carries a heater. The gun isn't loaded but he wants people to think it is. This is showing that Dally is pretending to be somebody he's not. He wants people to think he is intimidating and wants people to be scared of him if he pulls out the heater. He would never kill someone he just wants to act tough. Next, Dally is 17, he bought a fake ID that says he is 21 to buy liquor. This decision displays that Dally couldn't wait until he was 21 so he is fake. Another example is Dally pulls out the heater while he runs from the cops. This shows that Dally wasn't thinking correctly therefore this was a dumb decision and this is not what Dally would normally do. Another character who reveals who he is by his decisions and actions would be Johnny.
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When Ponyboy and Johnny were at the fountain. Johnny kills Bob. This decision is presenting that Johnny has a slight dark side. Another example is Johnny buys peroxide to dye his hair. Johnny is smarter than most greasers because some greasers don't think correctly like dally. A third example is when Johnny tells Ponyboy He is “scared stiff” and doesn't want to die. This is proving that Johnny is going against the Greaser stereotype which is tough. Johnny isn't the only person whose decisions and actions reveal who they are as people, Ponyboy also does
The final thing that Dally did that was foolish is that he pulled out a gun while the cops wanted him to get down on his hand and knees and because of this he had his life taken away because of a foolish choice. Dallas Winston is very unwise and the foolishness gave his life
Dally is a key character in The Outsiders and he plays a huge role in the story. He is seen as a “tough guy” and helps Johnny and Ponyboy throughout their adventures. Dally is misjudged in a more passive way, but it certainly plays a huge role in his eventual suicide. Dally is misjudged throughout the novel when the other characters forget to check up on his mental health, take the time to support him, or even ask how he is doing. He is known as tough and emotionless.
At heart, Dally is someone who is compassionate and caring; His years in prison and realization that the only way to survive is to be a threat had hardened him. A notable example of how much he cares about his gang, who are like brothers to him, is when he forcibly leaves the hospital to fight in the rumble. He is willing to risk himself for his friends. This parallels real life
Both opinions can be clearly seen; boldness is a common quality among heroes, some of Dally’s actions could be considered heroic without context. However, when his motives are revealed, it gives a new perspective on his actions. Dally does give Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis supplies and a place to go after Johnny kills Bob. Johnny and Ponyboy are part of the gang he spends a lot of his time with. Dally helping the two boys could be perceived either way: he is a hero because he helped them, but only because it was Johnny who killed Bob.
When Bob starts talking about greasers, you could tell it was going to be bad because he was drunk earlier in the book and he had jumped Johnny and was just a mean character overall, so what he says has to be mean. You could also tell the mood of Johnny and Ponyboy by the adjectives used to describe their actions. When someone says that they can feel the blood draining from their face, they are usually furious or really, really angry. He also said that what Bob said really hit him, not
This shows that Darry yells at Ponyboy to teach him the dangers because he has to since their parents died but Dally is the way he is because of
he did everything.” (Hinton, 10,11). In the gang, Dally was the one to get in trouble, he would always stick up for his friends' crimes no matter what. Even a small crime would lead to harsh punishment for Dally. If a crime happened in the town and no one knew who did it, they would always blame it on the Greasers because they looked to be the type to do illegal and dangerous
The Outsiders is a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton that explores the hardships faced by both the poor and the rich. The Greasers walk in groups of gangs to protect each other from the Socs, while the socs beat the Greasers up and gang up on the greasers. The main character, Ponyboy, has his own gang and has a journey with Johnny and Dally when they kill a kid in self-defense. When they save kids from the church, they get injured and have to go to the hospital, where Johnny takes his last breath.
Thirdly, Johnny in the beginning was shy, he later became more outgoing. An example of this is when a group of kids were stuck in a church fire. He went in and helped them, he said,”Shut up” to the kids. To help them get out. Some key events that happened was when Bob, was drowning pony boy in a fountain.
This textual evidence shows That they were mad about the car tires so he ended up fighting him over it. This is an example of a Man vs. Man conflict because Dally had slashed Tim Shepherd's tires and Tim wanted to fight him because they don't usually don’t do stuff to cost the other money. Another conflict in the novel, The Outsiders, happens when Darry slaps Ponyboy For example, in Chapter 3, Darry yells at ponyboy for coming home late “Ponyboy yells don’t yell at him Darry wheeled around and slapped me hard(Hinton 50)” This textual evidence shows That Dally was mad and worried about Ponyboy coming home late and slapped him.
Dally is not strong mentally (when he couldn’t let Johnny go), he really does not do good deeds, and he does not care about any other people than only Johnny, and he’s rude to others and bad at using words. A quotation that supports my statement is, “What for? Get back in here before I beat your head in.” (p.90) This quotation supports my statement because Dally said this to Ponyboy when he hopped off the car and said to see what the deal is when he saw the old church on fire, it proves that Dally does not care about other stuff that does not involve him and that he’s rude to others and using
Johnny, Darry and Ponyboy’s experiences throughout the novel slowly shows them that violence is not the multitool to solve any type of problem. As a result, changing their personality, the way they walk, talk and act. An early example is when Johnny and ponyboy who are greasers are in constant conflict with the socs. Multiple examples of how violence would not make the fight any simpler is shown.
The characters thought that Dally was just really angry at the world, that his robbing of the bank was him attempting to blow off steam, and that his consequential death was all a result of his bad decisions. In reality, Dally had just been told about Johnny's death, and he was heartbroken. The text shows this happening when it says, “Damnit, Johnny…’ he begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will. ‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall”(Hinton 149).
He seems to have no emotions, and as it said on page , Dally can take any amount of punishment. “ Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher than the rest of us……..” (Hinton, 10) . “He had quite a reputation.
(1.48) After Johnny died, Dally makes an enormous sacrifice that took away his life. He loved Johnny so much that he couldn't take the fact he was gone. Dally was known to be the most cold-blooded member of the gang but after Johnny's death, he was the one who showed the most affection. Dally wouldn’t have been shot if he didn’t love Johnny so much, and sacrificed himself.