Comparing Johnny Dally And Johnny

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.

“You’d be surprised how much you can have in common with someone completely different than you.” -Anonymous. This statement is true in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters are very different, but have multiple similarities. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand, they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar yet completely different.

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 characters that have such a similar lifestyle, be so extremely different? In the novel, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the author proves that such instances happen. Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade have very similar lives, but are completely different people. Johnny is more of a sensitive person and always likes to follow the rules. While Dallas on the other hand, loves to break the laws and do the wrong thing. These two characters are very similar on the inside, but are very different on the outside.

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.

a. I felt that both of them had a strong friendship that was bonded over the fact that they were so different in the sense of their personalities but the same in the way how their family lives are so tragic.

Dally is a very important character in the novel, The Outsiders. Dally helps Ponyboy and Johnny after Johnny kills a soc. He hands them money, a gun, and a map. He also gives them advice on where to hide out. Dally is a character who always seems to be doing the wrong thing. He has been to jail numerous times for many different reasons. After Johnny dies, Dally decides to rob a store and pulls a gun so that the police will shoot him. The police shoot him down and Dally died before he even hit the ground. If Dally hadn’t died, some parts of the story could have changed, and some aspects of the story could have stayed the same.

How can two people who have similar backgrounds be so different? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, two characters fit the bill. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are much the same because they both have a bad home life and place little value on their own lives. However, they do have differences, such as opposite personalities and thoughts about breaking the law. For these reasons, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade have large differences and similarities.

When Johnny asking about his family Dally replies, “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” (Hinton 107). Similarly to Johnny, Dally does not have good life in his family either. Instead of desperately wanting love from his family members, Dally does not care about his family and his father does not care either. Ponyboy is introducing Dally by saying, “Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten. He was tougher than the rest of us- tougher, colder, meaner” (Hinton 13). To clarify, Dally had gone through tough situations that made him tough and he was not afraid of anyone. This transformed him into a person who was hardened and had lost most of his innocence. The moment Dally died, Ponyboy said surely, “He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday” (Hinton 187). To put it in another way, Dally asked for death because he could not face the truth of Johnny’s death. Different from Johnny, Dally did not die in piece, where as this death was caused by mourning over Johnny. In conclusion, Dally’s family background had a significant impact throughout his life on his hardened personality and his perspective toward

How can two people be so different in their life styles yet be so alike? How can a kid with a record with the fuzz a mile long be so alike to a person has never broke a law in his life? However in the novel The Outsider by S.E. Hinton, there are to characters like this. Johnny and Dallas Winston are similar for they both have parents who don’t truly care for them and for they only care for each other. Yet even with these similarities these two still have their differences like how they treat the law or there advice to other people. Therefore, Dally and Johnny have many differences through their lives, yet also have very similar lives as well.

One example of Johnny and Dally being similar is that both of them come from a neglecting and abusive family. Both of their parents do not care where they are or what they are doing.

In what way can two people that have grown up with the same lifestyle be so different but at the same time so similar. It seems unrealistic. However, in S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters with such characteristics exist. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are two greasers that at similar because they both place little value on their lives and have parents who don’t give them the attention they need. Despite the similarities these two have, Dally and Johnny have their own divergence from each other such as giving different advice and getting in trouble with the law. Thus, their lifestyle and way of living Jonny Cade and Dallas Winston have some unique differences and strong similarities.

Nice example of Relational Dialectics Theory, there is no doubt that throughout the story Dally and Johnny have a nonlinear relationship with each other since they have a love/hate relationship. Throughout the story, they altered from not liking each other, specifically when Dally was being rude to the Soc girls to liking each other when Dally willingly helped Johnny because he was proud that he killed a Soc. Furthermore, I agree that since Dally was somewhat separated from the Greasers that this permitted him to have an autonomy and connection issue. Although Dally was distant, Johnny’s death still had a major impact on him due to the fact that he wanted to be closer to him. I believe that Dally killed himself because he realized that

The way in which Dally reacts to problems he’s given is weak and reckless. How he reacts to Johnny’s death is perfect example of how Dally can’t deal with any problem headed his way. When Johnny dies, Dally can’t handle his grief, so he attempts to rob a store, leading to his eventual demise. If Dally was strong enough to handle Johnny dying, he never would’ve done something so reckless and get himself killed. Pony boy says that he “knew that was what Dally wanted.” (154) Dally is used to life of a criminal, and he knows better than to do what he did. He made the police believe that he had a loaded gun on purpose, not as a heat of the moment

But once he sees Johnny it gives him something to love and care about. He made sure that Johnny didn’t become violent. He says in the book multiple times he cares about Johnny he said “Johnny…I just don’t want you to get hurt.” A quote also says that “Johnny was the only thing that Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone.” Later in the book Johnny dies and it is too much for Dally and he gets himself killed. Dally was so distraught, he wanted to be dead.