Comparing Johnny And Dally And The Outsiders

Another similarity that makes Johnny and Dally similar is through their value of life. Dally has never really cared about what happens to him. He goes around trying to break laws and getting caught, going to jail, getting out, and then repeating. He never really cares about how he turns out and what will happen to him. He has never respected his life. He gets in fights all the time and is mean. When he kills himself just because Johnny died, he gave up on the world. Everyone knew he would die like this, “I knew he would be dead, because Dallas Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). His value of his life is very little and when Johnny dies he brakes. Similarly, Johnny’s value in life is limited. In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, he talks about how

He lacks decent behavior as shown when he smokes (pg. 12), stays up unreasonably late (pg. 58), and even harasses Cherry Valance as his way of “flirting” (pg. 24). His lack of any sense in general even goes as far as not knowing how valuable friendship is. Regardless of whether Dally is indeed a lovable caring person deep down inside, it really does not matter as he does not know how to express it properly towards the people he cares for; especially towards Johnny. Dally could not comprehend how critical Johnny’s condition was and that sometimes, the most important thing in life was actually near him. In Dally’s case it would have been Johnny’s friendship but he missed the opportunity to tell him how much he matters to him and instead says, “We beat the Socs. We stomped them-outta our territory” (pg.148). After Johnny’s death, Dally finally became aware of how meaningless his life has been this whole time after losing his friend, so he commits suicide by his own will by raising an unloaded gun tricking the police into thinking it was actually loaded after chasing him down for robbing a grocery store (pg.154). This fatal end for Dally just proves what a impulsive and thoughtless person he is as he simply just wasted his life. He could have been considered “gallant” if he gained courage and motivation to start his life over after Johnny’s death, but instead blew the

Dally and Johnny may be very different, but they have extremely important similarities. For example, both of these characters place very little value on their lives. Dally is first arrested at the age of ten and he loves to break

Although Dally and Johnny share some alike traits, they also have many differences. For example, Dally is a tenacious, villainous, and a greaser while Johnny is a polite, perceptive, and craven greaser.

In the letter that Johnny left for Ponyboy,“‘There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he knows’” (179). The note Johnny left for Ponyboy to tell Dally, but it was too late for that. Ponyboy says, “Johnny worshipped the ground Dallas walked on”(25). This shows that Johnny is just Dally’s pet. Johnny knows that Dally cares about him but he does not show it because is a tough person. All in all, Both characters care for each other.

The author writes, “Johnny’s eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted” (148). Johnny’s reaction is priceless. Out of the entire greaser gang, Johnny and Dally’s relationship is the strongest and most significant. When Johnny needs Dally the most, he is his staunchest supporter. In return, Johnny gives back the same, if not more, amount of affection to Dally. When Dally and Johnny die, Ponyboy makes a list of realizations. Ponyboy thinks, “But 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.” (154). It is clearly proven that ‘tough’ Dallas Winston makes a substantial effort to make Johnny’s life better. If Dally would not make the effort for Johnny, then Johnny would have to experience life worse than it already is. Since Dally thinks of Johnny almost like a little brother, it would hurt Dally to see Johnny experience that kind of pain. Dally and Johnny are bonded by these similarities, but they are also bonded through their differences.

Johnny Cade comes from a broken home, his dad hits him, his mom does not care about Johnny, the only thing he has are his friends, the greasers. Ponyboy, one of his closest friends, is talking about everyone in the gang and when he came to Johnny he said, “Johnny had it awful rough at home”(4). Johnny unlike everyone else in the gang, except Dally, does not have someone in his family that truly cares for him. This affects him because it makes him upset that his parents do not care for him. If Johnny did not have it so hard at home, he would be more content and joyful, and even less scared. Johnny is a little bothered that his parents did not ask about Johnny so Dally goes on and says, “‘my old man don’t give a hang whether i’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). When Dally is 10, he gets arrested and is on the streets of New York, which shows how little Dally’s father cares about him. Maybe if his father did care, Dally would be more kind and caring, and like Johnny, more joyful. If Dally’s dad cared, he may still be living with his parents and would not be a greaser. Dally and Johnny are

Another way Johnny and Dally are alike is that they both place little value on their own lives. Dally is always getting into trouble and disregarding the law. He does not care if he gets caught because Dally believes he has nothing to live for. After losing Johnny, Dally pulls a gun on the police. Ponyboy says, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). Dally knew the police would shoot him after he pulled out the gun, but Dally does not see a point to living anymore. He committed suicide due to feeling his life was not worth living. Dally’s action shows he does not value his life. Likewise, Johnny does not find his life valuable either. With all of the abuse Johnny endured in his life, he feels so worthless to the point where he does not want to live anymore. In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, it is clear he feels this way. Johnny writes, “Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” (178). Johnny is referring to the kids he saved in the church; he places more value on the kids’ lives than his own because Johnny feels he does not have a purpose for living. An additional example of Johnny placing little value on his life is when he and Ponyboy are in the lot. Johnny says, “‘I’ll kill myself or something’”

Tiffany 8-3 The Outsiders Assessment Johnny Cade is a 16-year-old greaser who "has already been beaten down by the cruelty of life." With both parents on drugs and abuse, and no family love. Dallas Winston, a 17-year-old greaser who has blazing blue eyes "cold with all the hatred of the world" (10). Abandoned his parents because he has been poorly treated. But, Johnny and Dally grew up from different families, but with similar parents and family issues, yet they became very different people.

Firstly, Dally’s actions and words were, “"Here"--- he handed us a gun and a roll of bills--- "the gun's loaded. For Pete's sake, Johnny, don't point the thing at me. Here's fifty bucks. That's all I could get out of Merril tonight He's blowin' his loot from that last race."” Without thinking twice, Dally was ready to help Johnny and Ponyboy because he cared for them. Even though Dallas Winston does not care if he gets in trouble, but he cared if Johnny and Pony did. For example, Dallas Winston told Johnny, “"Johnny," Dally said in a a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, "Johnny, I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny"--- he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes--- "you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..."” Dally knows that his dangerous exploits are fun for him, but not the personality Johnny has or deserves. When Dally, a hoodlum has an implored tone it has a significant meaning that proves Johnny and Ponyboy bring out the soft and affection. Therefore, Dallas Winston is proven a loyal member of the Greaser

Nobody was ever going to jump him like that again. Not over his dead body…” (Hinton 34). When Johnny got jumped by the Socs, he became more aware of himself and his surroundings. Throughout this experience he has become a completely different and mature person. Later on in the book Johnny and Ponyboy are jumped by the same group of Socs and Johnny ended up accidentally killing one of them. In the process of leaving town and trying to get away with murder, Johnny died while saving children in a burning building. Everyone in the gang was affected by this, especially Dally. Dally was notorious for breaking laws, stealing, and acting rude towards everybody. Ponyboy described Dally like an emotionless rock that nobody could break. “Johnny was the only thing Dally ever loved. And now Johnny was gone. ‘So he finally broke.’ Two-Bit spoke everyone’s feelings. ‘So even Dallas has a breaking point’” (Hinton 152). When Johnny died, Dally’s personality changed. At this point in the book it is evident that Dally thought of Johnny less like a friend and more like a son. This could lead one to believe that Dally has become more mature and grew throughout the

Johnny and Dally have many similarities between each other. Johnny and Dally both have abusive parents that do not pay attention to them . Dally´s abusive parents don not care about Dally at all. In fact, Dally never mentions anything about his parents anything except on page 88 where he says, ”Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether I am in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter.” Dally basically says that his dad does not care where he goes

Dally and Johnny share many similarities and differences. Both Johnny and Dally have terrible parents and do not place much value on their lives. Yet, despite these similarities, they each have very dissimilar personalities. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston, two characters from S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, share many significant similarities and differences.

“‘Shoot, my old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’”(88). The fact Dally only mentions anybody in his family only once in the story means he and his parents do not interact enough. Also, he even mentions his father in a negative way, stating he never cares about Dally, nor did he take up the responsibility of being there for Dally. It is difficult to live the lives of both Dally and Johnny, while both individuals still live them.

After Johnny dies, Dally storms off from the hospital because he is distraught. He goes and robs a store for no apparent reason until Ponyboy says, “ He was dead before he hit the ground. But I knew that was what he wanted”(154). Dally pulls out an unloaded gun on the police even though he knows this will end up with the police killing. Dally makes rash decisions and does not put value into his life.