Comparing Johnny And Dally In The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton

Let's talk about the part when Dally helps Ponyboy and Johnny. On page 61 in the outsiders he gave johnny and ponyboy a gun, $20, and Ponyboy some warm clothes. his shows that Dally cares for their survival and does not actually want them to be in harm's way because from the way Ponyboy describes Dally you would not expect him to help.

Doe Zantamata once says, “Differences and similarities are equally as easy to see, it mostly depends on which ones you are seeking to find.” In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two of the main characters, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston or Dally, have many similarities and many differences. Johnny and Dally both have bad and abusive parents, and they think of the gang like their family. The differences are, Johnny is not a fighter and does not enjoy fighting like Dally does. Johnny dies a hero and Dally dies a violent hoodlum. If Johnny and Dally are exactly the same or very different, the story would be very different and a lot of key parts in the story would not be the same and as meaningful.

Johnny and Ponyboy are two characters in S.E Hinton’s novel ‘The Outsiders.' They both have contrary lives from each other with a few similarities, as well as being two greasers from a second society. Johnny has had a rough life so far since both his parents never cared for him. His mother would abuse him verbally, and his father would abuse him physically and verbally. As for Ponyboy, both of his parents died, leaving him with his two older brothers Sodapop and Darry. Johnny and Ponyboy both read ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ at the ran down church. They didn’t know precisely what the poem meant, but little do they know that the poem would have a significant similarity to them individually. Each line and stanza refer to the experiences that Johnny and Ponyboy have lived through throughout the story.

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

“Opposites attract?” Have you ever heard that saying? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, two characters show many similarities, but also difference. Dally is a hoodlum, that breaks every law and Johnny is afraid of his own shadow, how could they even have one common thing?

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.

Johnny and Dally are basically polar opposites with respect to their personalities. At the beginning of the story, Johnny’s personality is described. The author writes, “Johnny couldn’t say “boo” to a goose… I had never heard Johnny talk back to anyone” (35). It is shown that Johnny is a very shy and sensitive boy. Since Johnny

How can two people whose situation, social class, or even same group of friends be so contrastive from each other? How can a sensitive, selfless little boy have anything alike with a cold, mean, tough young man who has lost his purpose in life? As nonviable as it seems, there are such characters in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have neglective parents and place very little on their own lives. Regardless these similarities, Dally and Johnny both have diverse personalities and police records. Thus, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade have vast differences in their lives, yet they also have notable similarities.

Teenagers can be responsible for their own deaths based on the actions they choose to make. Teenagers decide to join gangs and make wrong decisions that can have a negative effect. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton,Johnny and Dally are in a gang called The Greasers and some of their actions caused their injuries and some led to death. Johnny’s actions are responsible for his injuries and his death.

Johnny Cade and Dally Winston have one significant similarity and that is they both have neglectful parents. For example, Dally is arrested at the age of ten in New York while beginning in a gang. If Dally’s parents gave him more attention he would have not have gone to jail so young. Dally only mentions his father once to say, “‘ 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). Dally clearly states that his parents are not involved in his life. In like manner, Johnny Cade has parents who, ignored him and hit him all of the time. Johnny is a nice boy that cares about Dally. Johnny’s parents hit him all of the time and yell at him. Ponyboy states: “‘ His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, expected when she was hacked off at something, and then you could hear her yelling at him clear

It is clear to the reader that Dally’s parents play a miniscule role in his life due to the fact that he mentions his family only once throughout the novel. In a moment of frustration, Dally says, “‘ 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. That don’t bother me none,’”(88). The one fact about his father that Dally reveals, combined with the detail of his arrest at ten years old, proves that his family has neglected him throughout his life. Similarly, Johnny’s parents neglect and abuse him as well. Frequently throughout the story, S.E. Hitnon mentions that Johnny’s home life is not a healthy one. Furthermore, at one particular moment, Johnny says, “I walk in that house, nobody says anything. I walk out, nobody says anything. I stay away all night, nobody notices,”(51). Evidently, Johnny’s family ignores him, which has a negative effect on Johnny’s life. Moreover, when Johnny is dying, he still does not want to see his mother in the hospital. This alone, supports the fact that Johnny feels uncomfortable, even afraid, of his parents. In conclusion, it is unquestionable that Dally and Johnny have neglectful and abusive

Johnny Cade and Dallas winston are two characters from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Like most characters Dally and johnny have their similarities and differences. Johnny and dally both have neglectful parents, which is why Dally is always in jail and Johnny's father does not even know Johnnys name. Another similarity is how they both place little value on their lives. Dally commits suicide and johnny states that it was worth dieing. A difference between the two is that Johnny dies a hero and Dally dies a hoodlum. The police shoot Dally, and Johnny is crushed by a burning building. In addition Johnny hates fights while Dally loves them, Dally breaks out of a hospital to go to a fight and Johnny states fighting is useless.

Johnny and Dally have similar upbringings, with their neglectful parents and abusive homes. While talking to Johnny, Dally says his

“People influence people, nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend”(Zuckerberg), this is true since people always want an opinion or something to help them make their decisions. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, it goes over the life of a teenager and the pain of losing your loved ones and only having your friends to rely on. All decisions made in the story were crucial in every way since it went over real life situations. One character who’s decisions were influenced by the gang members called the Greasers and the environment he lived in was Johnny. Some decisions Johnny made that were influenced by the gang members were killing the Soc,

Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade both have a similar home life, their parents do not care about them, they are abused, and are also left on their own to live. “Shoot my old man don't give a hang weather om in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter.”( ) This shows how much Dally's parents have no care for him. Even if he was dead or severely hurt, they would not care. Dally os old enough to be on his own but his parents should always be there for him.