Compare And Contrast Dally And Johnny

Personally, I liked Johnny, Darry, and Dally the best. Having Johnny’s character go in the way it did is incredibly clever and astute and other authors should do the same. It creates a more interesting plot and tone while also leaving room for character development and themes. The thing that drew me to Johnny was his personality and the way he was betrayed by Ponyboy and the others. He was seen as the baby of the group. The one that stands out. Johnny’s backstory and situation affects him in a way that makes readers, like me, care for him. That’s why Johnny, as a character, fascinates me. Darry was an interesting character. He was described by Ponyboy to be this heartless, cold older brother, but in reality, he cares and he’s just trying
I’ll be honest about that. When he tried to hit on Cherry, in my mind, I was like “Can the scene just move on? I hate this guy.” I changed my mind pretty quickly as the plot moved on. I started rethinking how I felt about the character when he offered to help out Johnny and Ponyboy. During that scene, My mind clicked. I had an epiphany. Dally puts on a mask. He puts on the ‘I’m a bad guy and I like it rough’ persona when deep, deep down, he’s a sensitive and broken guy. He cares about Johnny and Ponyboy, even when he says he doesn’t. It’s hidden in between the lines of the text, but it’s there. When Dally offers to help Johnny and Ponyboy, he’s showing all the kindness he has left inside. He shows concern and hurt when Johnny and Ponyboy help those kids escape the burning church. You can really see the sensitive side of him at the end of the book when Johnny, the only guy he seemed to really care about more than anyone else, die right in front of him. I think in that moment, he threw away the mask and just lost it. His broken self shattered into even more pieces. Now that I think about it, the reason Dally smiled when he died was because he was free. He could no longer be broken and deal with the pressure of life. He could no longer care or be kind again. Out of all three characters that I enjoyed, I think I liked Dally the best. Mainly because he’s complex and I love a good written, mysterious, and complex character in a
I felt like whenever there was an important scene at Ponyboy’s house, Two-Bit was shoved into it. I hate when an author does that with a character. I get that he is important to Ponyboy but a little less of him being around would have been nice. I think that’s why I liked the abandoned church scenes the best. Two-Bit’s personality is a bit annoying too now that I think about it. I admit that the parts where Two-Bit and Ponyboy were at the hospital visiting Johnny were good, that made me dislike Two-Bit a little less, but other scenes where Two-Bit was drunk or messing around were definitely not my