Dally Winston is meaner, colder and tougher member of the greasers. Ponyboy describes him as ‘towheaded and shifty-eyed, Dally was anything but handsome. Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage defiance of the world.’…
Joe-Boy and Vinny are different in many ways, yet still similar. Vinny is weak and Joe-boy is brave. Even though they are different, they both are friends. Although,Joe-Boy is controlling at the beginning, Vinny finds that standing up to his friends brings him…
Based on what I read, Dally is different from the rest of the Greasers because he is smart compared to the rest of the guys. Soda Pop thinks different though because he sees dally as a strong person. Soda Pop and Dally are both brothers so I'm guessing they have a strong relationship but, dont talk much since their parents…
How can two people who are so different, have so much in common? In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are perfect examples of this situation. Johnny is law abiding, but Dally likes to break laws. Dally likes to fight, but Johnny despises violence. However, despite these differences, Johnny and Dally both have a rough home life and they both care a lot about each other. In The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Johnny and Dally are different in some ways, but they also have…
As they interact with each other throughout the story, you can really tell how each character adds their own quality to what makes up their whole gang. Darry adds strength, Johnny gives kindness, and Two-bit contributes humor. The strong relationship between the Greasers keep the reader interested and want to read more, as we see each quality of a character come into view and their response, in terms of dialogue and actions, to each other and the world they are living in. For example, as Dally can be brave and rebellious, Johnny is quiet and innocent. These two characters are very different from each other, however, they are of the same gang and are like family. Although every character is different, it makes it more interesting to read the book without getting bored or being confused on which character is…
Johnny first shows his heroic qualities early in the story when he tells Dally to “Leave her alone,”(Ch 2, pg.32) referring to their first meeting with Cherry at the movies. This is important because Johnny admired Dally a lot and it took an extensive amount of courage for Johnny to stand up to his hero, especially since Cherry is a…
Johnny and Dally share one big similarity and that is that they both have abusive parents. Johnny’s parents don’t pay any attention to him or they beat him, that really bugs Johnny. The rest of the gang notices that and they show Johnny the affection that he needs. Ponyboy says “‘His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignores him”’ (12). It is very obvious that Johnny is sensitive about his situation at home. Dally is the opposite of Johnny is his situation at home, he does not care about his parents or if they care about him. Dally says to Johnny, “‘My old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. That don’t…
Body Paragraph 1: The one most affected by these negative labels is Dally because the words they used to describe him is hood, crook, greaser, hopeless, criminal, and heartless. These are incredibly destructive labels because he got so used to them that he does not love anyone back and I think it is because of his label Heartless. Dally even said “He could never love Cherry Valance back” He barely even loved anything I mean besides the gang and he really did not care when Johnny said he killed Bob Dally just said “Good for you.” He is also addicted to hate because he used to everyone hating him or just saying other things about him. I think he needs a quote like this one “Dear haters I couldn’t help but notice that AwesoMe ends with Me and Ugly starts with U.” That quote explains Dally in my opinion.…
Dally's first characteristic is that he is tough. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. "Man, I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap, Jesus Christ!". Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn't one to be messed with. "How can I take it? Dally is tougher than I am. Why can I take it when Dally can't?" Chapter 10, pg. 152. Dally's toughness was shown when he came to the rumble even though he was still injured from when the roof of the church collapsed on him and Johnny. "You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you..." Chapter 9, pg. 147. Dally was tough, even when it came to breaking laws or even the fuzz (police). : "He liked to show he didn't care whether there was a law or not." Chapter 2, pg. 20.…
The thing about Dally that would’ve stayed the same, is probably his personality. This is because it is so strong it is just so hard to change. He is tough, mean, risky, and overall a crazy person. These qualities you can’t change most of the time. He dedicated his whole life to trying to be the bad boy of the group, and really get out there. He succeeded doing this because many people were afraid of him, and many people generally loved him. “Dally hated to do things the legal way,” (Hinton 20). In this quote it explains how Dally played by his own rules. It shows that he won’t obey the laws…
Teenagers in the novel ‘The Outsiders’ represented as violent, disrespectful and rebellious. The characterisation of Dallas Winston supports this argument. Dally is described through Ponyboy’s first person narration, ‘he lied, cheated, rode in rodeos, he got drunk, jumped small kids - he did everything’. This description of…
As a Greaser, Dally always acted very “tough” and “hard” and only felt that he should live because of Johnny, the one true person he ever loved. However, Dally also had an…
Dally helped his friends by saving their lives because he got them out of the burning house that would have fell on them. He gave up his own life to save his buddies and the kids in the burning school. He went in and rescued his friends because if they died he would not know what to do. I think Dally did die a hero in "The Outsiders" because of what he did for his friends.…
One difference between Rowdy and Junior is their families. The way Junior was raised was completely different from Rowdy’s upbringing. Rowdy has a difficult life, his dad is always drinking. Junior states “His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches”. (16) Because of Rowdy’s father always drinking he constantly abuses Rowdy and his mother and leaving them bruises and bloody faces. In the book, Rowdy had a bandage in his left ear and Junior asked what had happened, and Rowdy stated, “Dad said I wasn’t listening, so he got all drunk and tried to get my ear a little bigger”. Also, when Junior went over to Rowdy’s house to leave a cartoon, Rowdy’s dad opens the door and says mean things to him. For instance, Junior states when he handed over the cartoon, Rowdy’s dad said “You’re kind of gay aren’t you”? (103) that’s when Junior concluded why Rowdy was angry all the time because of the type of dad he had. On the other hand, Junior family is much closer. Even though they don’t often say nice things to one another, they do support Junior. In the book, Junior states “Yep, my daddy was a dependable drunk. But he’d never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays or picnics. He may not loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could” (189) Junior’s dad may be a drunk but he knew how to treat and support Junior. In the book it states, “Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don’t want their kids to be drunks”. (48) This proves that even…
The book is in the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis, a sensitive Greaser who is put in the middle of the social conflict when he friend Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense. Ponyboy and Johnny run away to escape the law, and to do so go to their friend Dally for help. Now, it is known that Dally was a criminal, a true Greaser. He was arrested at the age of ten, and mugged small children for fun. He didn’t care about anyone or anything, except for Johnny. Dally risked jail time to help them, providing a gun, money, and a plan.…