Dally: A True Hero

I may not be the best at proving it, but maybe you understand what I’m trying to get across. I have learned something from this book. I learned even in all the bad in this world, there is still good. I believe it’s shown through inner heroes. These are the feelings or urges you get to help people or stand up for what you believe is right. It may not seem like it, but you have an inner hero. I believe Dally and Johnny did too. So did Ponyboy and the rest of the Greasers. Pony and Johnny had one for saving those kids in the church. Johnny alone had one for saving Pony from being drowned in the fountain by the Socs(But we all know how that worked out for him). And Dally, I’m not sure why I believe he did, but I think it might be because he showed so much emotion when Johnny died I don’t know, I just think he did. But anyways, there were some good and bad moments in this book. I guess it’s up to you to decide which are

      I think that the main reason Dally helped Ponyboy and Johnny escape after the murder is because that he didn’t want Johnny to get in jail because he was worried about how it could harm him, and turn him into someone that’s mean and hard. This interpretation was gained from the textual evidence on Pg.____

As shown from the examples above, Darry is definitely a hero. He takes over as the parents fror his brothers Ponyboy and Sodapop, puts their needs before his own, and loves them unconditionally. Even though sometimes Daarry makes mistakes, and shows tough love, it is clear that he loves his brothers. He is exactly the definition of a hero. There is no other Greaser who shows heroism as much as

While Ponyboy is riding to the hospital after the church fire a man says, “‘I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time . . . “‘ (95) Johnny is part of the three that are considered heroes. After Dally died the author states that “Dally didn’t die a hero. He died violent, and young and desperate.”(94) Dally pulled an unloaded gun on the police and it made them draw their guns and shoot him. Dally basically committed suicide because the police did not know that the gun was not loaded, so they had to protect themselves while Dally was hung out to die.

Dally lived a hard life from the get go, he was from the "Rough side of New York." Dallas' life required great amounts of energy to sustain because there was no tranquility of his emotions at anytime other than when he slept. Constantly the reader and Ponyboy found Dally in an aggregated mood of on fire with anger. With the passing of Johnny the only thing of a normality in Dally's rocked and shaken world Dallas had lost his footing no longer on the ground, nothing steady to hang onto his world spun further down into complete turmoil and despair with every fleeting second. Dally saw only one way out, a permanent solution for a temporary problem, so Dally pulled the unloaded pistol out on the cops and fatally shot numerous times to the chest. "When I saw his face on his motionless body before it hit the ground I saw a face of grim victory." But Johnny's death affected everyone to some extent; Ponyboy, his closest friend suffered a severe mental breakdown and as for the rest like Soda it really got them thinking too. Johnny died young and he had seen it all, all the wrong things. It could have been any one of them but it was innocent Johnny a Greaser, who defied the stereotypes and died for a noble cause.

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.

Dally was a hero for his actions and his help. After Johnny killed someone Ponyboy and Johnny went to go see Dally and asked “If he could help them hide so the police wouldn't find us.” Dally told them to “go to the abandoned church up on Jay Mountain.” Before they left he gave Pony a new shirt that was big, a gun to Johnny if he ever needed it, and some cash to buy supplies since they would half to stay there for a while. (Skipping to the part when the church was on fire) Dally also helped Johnny get out of the burning church when the church fell down and heard Johnny's screams. Dally risked his own life for Johnny’s. That's why he’s a

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

In the book, Dally was hallmarked as a reckless thug, but he showed heroism by offering a plot and some supplies to Ponyboy and Johnny to protect them. He might not perfectly fit in my earlier definition of a hero,nevertheless he was is in the eyes of Johnny and Ponyboy in that glimpse. In addition, he dragged Johnny out of the fire and got burned in the process. Thus, he is a true hero.

• Dally went in after the collapse of the roof and pulled Johnny out of the building

Everyone in their own unique ways is a hero, some are just more prominent compared to others. Personally, a hero is someone who stops thinking of themselves and ameliorate the world on a small or large scale. Dally was the most prestigious heroic character of the book, he was even described gallant by Johnny and Ponyboy. Immediately after Johnny and Ponyboy are faced with murder, Dallas was the first name that came to mind. As expected, Dally was just what they needed to stay hidden and out of trouble. "Dally," Johnny said with finality. "Dally'll get us outs here.". Similarly, even with a hurt arm, Dally came to the rescue during the rumble. He was extremely loyal to the crew and wanted to be apart of taking down the Soc’s. When Ponyboy was

Dally is portrayed as hardened and unfeeling. Some reasons this is not true include that he had a breaking point, he cared for Johnny, and he also showed that he cared through his actions throughout the book.

Johnny and Dally have similarities but they also have differences as Johnny dies a hero Dally dies a hoodlum. Johnny goes into the burning church to save those kids and that is heroic. Johnny also died because he saved those kids and put their lives in front of his. Johnny is a greaser and things don't go his way but he has it in him to save the kids which is a heroic act. Dally says “‘ They’re still writing editorials about you in the

The character chosen is Dallas Winston this character’s perspective on life is you should do whatever you want whenever you want, because he feels that the government is not right so you should be able to do what you want. Also, it is that you should never do what anyone else says. So, he doesn’t think anything matters in life, because he hates the world and doesn’t believe anything. That is because in the story “The Outsiders” on page 20 it says “Dally hated to do things the legal way. He liked to show that he didn't care whether there was a law or not.”

This shows us that Dally is supportive by helping Pony and Johnny run from the fuzz until things die down. In the novel, Dally has been a 'bad boy', but he has saved someone. " Dally swore at me and clubbed me across the back as hard as he could, and I went down not a peaceful darkness." Pg 93.