change the reader’s thoughts of a character. Dallas Winston can be an example of that. Dallas Winston can be called many things. Some call him a hood‚ others can call him a hero. Throughout S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders‚ Dallas Winston faces problems that change a reader’s perspective on him. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dallas Winston who is also referred to as Dally‚ is a troublemaker and a hood. Dally can be used as an example of the label “greaser” which is a very big stereotype. Dally is
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Dallas Winston or "Dally" is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. 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
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Dallas Winston: A vulnerable teenager or just a hoodlum? The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a novel about a boy called Ponyboy who is involved in a rivalry between two gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs live in the West side of town; they look clean‚ have lots of money and drive blue Mustangs. The greasers live in the east side of town; they wear hair oil‚ t-shirts and jeans‚ and don’t have much money. Ponyboy is part of the Greasers‚ along with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop‚ his closest
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Cases 16-1 Dallas Consulting Group “I just don’t understand why you’re worried about analyzing our profit variance‚” said Dave Lundberg to his partner‚ Adam Dixon. Both Lundberg and Dixon were partners in the Dallas Consulting Group (DCG). “Look‚ we made $80‚000 more profit than we expected in 2012 (see Exhibit 1). That’s great as far as I am concerned.” Continued Lundberg. Adam Dixon agreed to come up with data that would help sort out the causes of DCG’s $80‚000 profit variance. DCG is a
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few blocks back to home. Everything was perfectly normal until I can hear a car engine driving towards my direction‚ I might be sacred but I just kept walking faster because I knew who were in the car - The Scos. The Socs always liked to attack The Greasers especially me. They got out of the car and I knew that I am going to be jumped by them. The Socs threaten me to cut my long greasy hair‚ I like my hair though. They pushed me down and so I was on the ground. One of them put a hand over my mouth
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On April 7‚ 1965‚ Windrixville‚ Jay Mountain‚ three Greasers saved the life of four little kids from a burning church. One of the greasers‚ named Dallas Winston‚ also known as Dally‚ “has spent three years on the wild side of New York and has been arrested at the age of ten.” (Hinton 10) “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers‚ you’ll have Johnny Cade‚” (Hinton 11) the second hero. The last hero‚ fourteen-year old Ponyboy Curtis
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into the dinner and ate together. Some of other things that we did is when we saved the kids and the press called you a here they called a Greaser a hero and that Greaser was you Johnny. Johnny was a good man who had the most funny humor and had an amazing smile‚ even though he lived a rough life he was still a great man he was an amazing guy just like Dallas who loved you very much and he was very mad when you died and he wanted to be with you in heaven. After this day
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External expectations play a big role in the life of a greaser. Things such as appearance‚ speech‚ and behaviour. Things such as clothes‚ hair‚ skin‚ and features‚ influence their first impression. People make first impressions to decide wether they want to be in the presence of someone or not. The most common bearing of a greaser is long hair‚ with hair oil or grease in it (hence their name ‘Greasers’). The status quo for Greasers is that they are impecunious‚ meaning that they can’t afford expensive
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Greasers Subculture Values and Beliefs: History- Greasers originated in the early 1950’s increasingly popular toward the 1960’s. They originated in the young northeaster and southern united states street gangs and changed rapidly unto other type of individuals. Initially it arose from working class families that didn’t have access to the greatest educational resources. They existed before gangs were dependent on violence and drugs. The greasers of the 1950s took their name from the “Greaser Act”
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must have noticed their confusement‚ because he quickly went on. "One of those trashy greasers tried to rob a liquor store. Can you believe it? Those trash heaps never cease to amaze me." He grinned and leaned back in his chair. He almost looked pleased with himself and Cherry had to fight the urge to roll her eyes. "So?" She asked harshly. "So.." Bob leaned forward again‚ placing his hands on the table. "The greaser got shot by some cop. He’s dead." Marcia gasped and quickly smacked his arm. "Stop
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