Comparison Of Johnnys In The Outsiders

A very important comparison Dally and Johnny have is their parents. Johnny’s parents do not care about him. They either beat him or ignore him completely. “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him” (12). His parents are alcoholics and do not care if he comes home or not. Likewise, Dally parents also do not care about him. If he was put in jail by age ten, then his parents clearly do not care enough to discipline him. He rarely talks about his parents, but when he does, he has nothing nice to say. “‘Shoot, my old man don’t give a hang whether I’m dead in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). Dally talks about his father with disgust, like he never did anything for him, which may be true. The way Dally’s parents and Johnny’s parents both do not care about them makes these two characters very similar.

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.

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

During the church fire, a falling timber hits Johnny, Dally runs in to save him, he runs into a collapsing building without any second thought, and risks his life to save Johnny. Dally a criminal who has had many run-ins with the law, yet when given the choice he become a hero by rescuing Johnny. Dally especially loves Johnny. After the Greasers won the rumble he rushed to the hospital to notify Johnny. Johnny didn’t try to grin at him “Useless... Fighting’s no good...” (page 126) a moment later, “the pillow seemed to sink in a little and Johnny died” (page 126). Dally rushed through the hallway, he packed an unloaded gun and took his car to rob a store and when the police showed up, he pulled out his unloaded gun and then he let himself get shot by the police because living without Johnny isn’t living. After, the impact of the bullet; there was a “grim triumph on his face” (page 186). Ponyboy utters “I knew that’s what he wanted” (page 186) he wanted to die because he lost Johnny, he was all he had living without Johnny was no living so it better to die. If Dally could die for someone in the way, I would consider him to be brave and a hero.

Dally does not value his life after Johnny is dead because Johnny was the only person Dally really ever cared for. For Example, When Dally dies Pony says “ He was dead before he hit the ground but I know that’s what he wanted” (154). Dally pulls an empty gun out on the cops so they will shoot him because Johnny was the only person he cared about so he has nothing to live for. Dally pulls the gun on purpose.

Something important to realize is that before Dally intervened Johnny just said, “‘We’re goin’ back and turn ourselves in’. . . Johnny nodded. ‘I’m sure. It ain’t fair fair for Ponyboy to have to stay up in that church with Darry and Soda worryin’ about him all the time”’(Hinton 87). This is saying that because he doesn’t want Ponyboy to be in hiding and his brothers worrying about him, this had an effect on Johnny’s decision since he didn't want them getting hurt for something he did. Overall it proves how the gang had an influence on Johnny’s decision to turn himself in because he didn't want Darry and Sodapop to suffer that Ponyboy was gone. Moreover, Dally responds to Johnny by saying to him, “‘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. . . You get hardened in jail. I don’t want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me”’(Hinton 89-90). In effect, Dally tried to explain to Johnny why he didn't want him to turn himself in, as doing so would change him if he went to prison. In that case Johnny’s decision was influenced by multiple gang members to turn himself in or not. Under those circumstances Johnny decided to drop the conversation for now, not making a decision just

One significant similarity between Dally and Johnny is that they both have a horrible home life. For instance, Johnny often sleeps in the lot and doesn’t go home because his father beats him. Even though Johnny is beat at home he still thinks his parents

If Johnny ever came to a situation where he could do something illegal, he will most likely chose not to do whatever that may be. Dally on the other hand, will take any chance he can get to do something that involves breaking the rules.

Dally and Johnny are similar in a way of knowing what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. Dally has no love coming from his home, which is why he does some reckless things. The loveless life he has at home is cause of his inability to love others. His parents do not interact with him and Dally states, “‘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’s parents do not give him the attention he needs and they neglect him to a world where he has made himself closed off and tough. Similarly to how Johnny faces abuse and neglect when it comes to his parents. Like Dally, letting people in is hard for Johnny because of his family. Johnny’s home life is terrible and “His father was always beating him up,

The final trait Johnny has is common sense, which means a having a sound of judgements in practical matters. When Johnny gets himself in complex situations, he thinks them out thoroughly rather than going suicidal or panicking frequently. In this case, when he killed Bob he knew the cops would go after Ponyboy and him. He said outloud, “”We gotta get outa here. . .we’ll need money . . . a plan . . . Dally . . . Dally’ll get us outa here,”” (57-58). He chosed Dally for he had experience when it came to being in a perilous situations. Also he did not want to get Ponyboy in more trouble with Darry and Soda. Later on, Ponyboy and him fled to an old church on a hill to hide at until Dally told them it was safe to return back in town. “”We’re gonna

Another similarity that Dally and Johnny share is that their parents are both abusive. The opposite happens, so the gang treats Dally and Johnny well but their actual parents treat them poorly and distastefully. Dally and Johnny both have abusive parents. Johnny says, ‘“I think I like it better when the old man’s hittin’ me”’(51). Johnny’s father hits even though he gets beat by his father he still makes good of it by saying that he enjoys it if the father beats him because

Johnny and Dally’s neglectful, abusive homelife show one similarity between the two very different characters. Dally never mentions his mother throughout the story, and only mentions his father to say something bad about him. Johnny often stays at a vacant lot or with the Curtis’ brothers for the night when his parents are fighting. While Ponyboy is describing the gang, he recalls that, “Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten” (10). Dally had gone all the way to New York and spent 3 years there, and gotten arrested at the young age of ten. This clearly shows that his parents are neglectful of him. Ponyboy then describes Johnny as, “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, and then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house” (12). Johnny always had a neglectful and

Both Dally and Johnny are similar because they have bad home lives. After running away to the country from the police because Johnny killed Bob, they are picked up by Dally to go to Dairy Queen to eat some food other than baloney sandwiches. While they are eating Johnny asks if his parents have asked about him and Dallas responds with a no and then says, “‘What do they matter 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’s parents do not know where he is most of the time, they do not try to find him at the end of the day, and that does not seem to bother Dally or that is just the way he acts, to seem cool and careless.Since Dally’s parents do not care where he is and what he is doing he does not think Johnny should care either which is why he snaps back. Similarly, Johnny’s parents are they same way, however Johnny goes home to them at the end of the day most days and they get mad. Sometimes it is screaming and sometimes it is beating. “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house”(148). At the end of each day,

Two characters that are really similar but so different. If there's a way to do something illegal Dally will do it, whereas Johnny never breaks the law. While Dally was living in New York he blew off steam by getting into fights, but johnny is like a puppy on the side of a street. But they are also similar because they both have neglectful and or abusive parents. Also, they both place In the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Johnny and Dally are both different at first but when you learn more about the characters the more examples there are of them being similar.little value on their lives.

Johnny and Dally are similar in ways one may not see. The way both Dally and Johnny place little value on life is an important one. Dally does not see his life as meaningful. His view of life is it does not matter to anyone whether he is dead or alive. Pony is thinking about Dally after he is killed and about why he is killed. “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). Ponyboy says that Dally wants to be dead, and he could do anything to get what he wants. He can manipulate everything just so it goes his way. Similarly, Johnny is like Dallas in this way. Had not met the gang, he would have run away or killed himself a long time ago. Johnny has it rough at home and will do anything to escape it. He is having a rough time after he and Ponyboy bumped into the socs on their way home with Cherry and Marcia. Johnny tells Pony at the vacant lot: ‘“I can’t take much more . . . . I’ll kill myself or something”’ (47). Johnny does not like the idea of Socs and Greasers and does not want to take it anymore. Dally and Johnny both put very little value on their lives.