The toughest hood in Ponyboy's group of greasers. Dallas, known as “Dally,” is a hardened teen who used to run with gangs in New York. He has an elfin face and icy blue eyes and, unlike his friends, does not put grease in his white-blond hair. Dally’s violent tendencies make him more dangerous than the other
Therefore dally and johnny have some similarities and huge amount of differences. Dally is a mean, aggressive, tough person. He has a record a mile long. He can’t do anything legal, so when he wants to go to the drive in everyone with him has to sneak in. He loves picking fights with people and loves to scare little kids.
The boys turned to Dally for help when they needed it because Dally has been to jail before and he knew where to hide out. Ponyboy and Johnny turned to Dally for help when Johnny killed a Soc. They needed help from Dally because he had been to jail many times and so he knew where all the hideouts were. In the text right after Johnny kills a Soc they go over to Dally and Dally tells them,”Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville.” He must then know where the hideouts are when he tells more about where they need to go.
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
They Greasers throughout the book battle another group of kids called the Socs. Through the book there is heartache and adventure and you will always end up wanting more. As shown by when Johnny killed a soc, when Johnny and Ponyboy left to hide, and When Johnny himself died, This is when Dally showed signs of weakness that no one thought he had. First, Dally Winston is Helpful.
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
Dallas shows how much he has developed through his actions towards Ponyboy. ( The youngest boy in the gang) " I remembered Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him; Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble." Dally sincerely cared about what happened to his friends, they were more than just his friends, they were his family. He wanted Johnny to be safe, he risked his life. Though he probably thought nothing of it, it affected all the boys in his gang.
The love and support Dally had for Johnny were so vast that when he passed away he lost the idea of the purpose in life. Dally grew up with no family and had to guide himself in his own life without any support from the outside world. He was missing love and support and he felt that from the Johnny and the gang. All Dally ever wanted was to be with Johnny, and when Johnny dies his only option is to go up to heaven with him. As he puts himself into a position of suicide.
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
You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you.” (Hinton 155) another piece of evidence states “The text states “In New York, Dally blew off steam in gang fights, but here organized gangs are rarities.” (Hinton 19). This piece of evidence helps prove that he will never be comfortable in his own skin so he takes it out on fighting other people. He had gotten into gangs from a young age and started fighting people early on.
Ponyboy didn’t even listen to Dally (the most dangerous person in the gang) when he shouted, “Get outa there! That roof’s gonna cave in any minute. Forget those blasted kids!”
The character that I personally liked the best was Ponyboy because of how similar our personalities are. The character that I personally liked the least was Dally although, I did not dislike Dally I couldn't connect with the character due to him being seemingly irredeemable although, he did do some good throughout the story such as giving johnny and ponyboy supplies and a place to hide after johnny killed Bob and furthermore, he helped save Johnny from the burning church. In the end the Dally ended up breaking near the end of the story and got involved in a shootout Police after pointing an unloaded gun as a bluff after robbing a store because he could not handle the loss of johnny due to johnny being the only person he really cared about.
Dally A rock-hard hood who never backs down from any challenge. Dally is a character in the book “Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders is a book where a ragtag group of greasers band together and overcome victories, tragedies, and above all, build an even stronger bond of brotherhood. This story begins in the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Ponyboy(our main character) is walking home from the movies and gets ambushed by a large group of Socs(Sociables-the “popular/rich” clique).
“His hair was almost white it was so blond, and he didn’t like haircuts, or hair oil either so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ear and along the nape of his neck” . This quote suggests that Dally is wild because he most likely has long hair giving off the wild feeling. Ponyboy also pointed out “”He had an elfish face, with high cheekbone, and animal teeth, and ears like lynx”. Pony compared Dally to wild animals. “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with hatred of the whole world..”” if he hates the whole world he wouldn’t really care about the rules and break them, and do whatever he wants.
At least, that’s what all the Greasers thought before Johnny, the only thing in the world Dally had ever loved, died in a hospital bed from wounds that he sustained when he and Ponyboy saved a group of children from a burning church. " ’We gotta win that fight tonight,’ Dally said. His voice was hard. ‘We gotta get even with the Socs.
