Dally Winston In The Outsiders
Have you ever been an outcast? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there is a stereotypical fight between gangs called the Socs and the Greasers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There is one person in the story that stands out named Dallas Winston. Dally Winston is round character that shows many sides of himself throughout the course of the story. One of the conflicts that Dally deals with is a man versus man conflict when the only person that he loves and cares about dies. Some ways that this character can be described as is criminal, hard, and caring for Johhny and his gang. Dallas Winston can be described as criminal. One example of this is they say in the story that he went to jail for the first time when he was just 10 years old. He also broke out
of the hospital with a switchblade after he was injured in a fire. Dally says,”Talked the nurse into it with my switchblade” (Hinton 144). This shows that Dally threatened the nurse with the switchblade. Another example is when one of Dally’s friends came to the hospital to visit because he saw Dally in the paper and could not believe it wasn’t because he was wanted. Dally says,” Said he saw his picture in the paper and could not believe it did not have wanted dead or alive under it” (Hinton 124). Therefore, Dally is in the paper for doing something illegal a lot and is a criminal. Dally can also be described as hard. The first example of this is when he fights in the rumble even though he is injured. Dally says, “Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it” (Hinton 144). This shows that he is in fights a lot. A second example of is when he tells Pony and Johhny of his hideout he had in case he or someone got in trouble. Dally says,”I got a cousin that lives around here somewhere and tipped me off that it would make a tuff hideout in case of something” (Hinton 86). This is some proof that Dally is hard. The third way to describe Dally is caring for Johnny and his gang. One reason he is caring is that he was pleading for Johnny not to die when he was in the hospital. Dally says, “Oh, Damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die” (Hinton 149). This shows that Dally cares for Johnny. One last way that he is considered caring is when Dally gives Pony a jacket because Pony’s clothes were wet and Dally didn’t want him getting sick. Dally says, “Here” Its Buck’s-you an’ him ain’t exactly the same size but its dry” (Hinton 61). That is proof that Dally is caring for Johnny and his gang. Criminal, hard, and caring for Johnny and his gang are traits that describe Dallas Winston. He can be described as criminal and some examples of this is he went to jail when he was 10 and when he broke out of the hospital with a switchblade. Dally can also be described as hard. Some examples of this are when he fought in the rumble even though he was hurt and when he had a hiding spot in case someone got in trouble. Lastly, he can be described as caring. Especially when he was begging Johnny to live and when he gave Ponyboy a dry jacket. Dally could not handle that Johnny died and he later robbed a grocery store and was killed. He was tired of being an outcast.
of the hospital with a switchblade after he was injured in a fire. Dally says,”Talked the nurse into it with my switchblade” (Hinton 144). This shows that Dally threatened the nurse with the switchblade. Another example is when one of Dally’s friends came to the hospital to visit because he saw Dally in the paper and could not believe it wasn’t because he was wanted. Dally says,” Said he saw his picture in the paper and could not believe it did not have wanted dead or alive under it” (Hinton 124). Therefore, Dally is in the paper for doing something illegal a lot and is a criminal. Dally can also be described as hard. The first example of this is when he fights in the rumble even though he is injured. Dally says, “Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it” (Hinton 144). This shows that he is in fights a lot. A second example of is when he tells Pony and Johhny of his hideout he had in case he or someone got in trouble. Dally says,”I got a cousin that lives around here somewhere and tipped me off that it would make a tuff hideout in case of something” (Hinton 86). This is some proof that Dally is hard. The third way to describe Dally is caring for Johnny and his gang. One reason he is caring is that he was pleading for Johnny not to die when he was in the hospital. Dally says, “Oh, Damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die” (Hinton 149). This shows that Dally cares for Johnny. One last way that he is considered caring is when Dally gives Pony a jacket because Pony’s clothes were wet and Dally didn’t want him getting sick. Dally says, “Here” Its Buck’s-you an’ him ain’t exactly the same size but its dry” (Hinton 61). That is proof that Dally is caring for Johnny and his gang. Criminal, hard, and caring for Johnny and his gang are traits that describe Dallas Winston. He can be described as criminal and some examples of this is he went to jail when he was 10 and when he broke out of the hospital with a switchblade. Dally can also be described as hard. Some examples of this are when he fought in the rumble even though he was hurt and when he had a hiding spot in case someone got in trouble. Lastly, he can be described as caring. Especially when he was begging Johnny to live and when he gave Ponyboy a dry jacket. Dally could not handle that Johnny died and he later robbed a grocery store and was killed. He was tired of being an outcast.