Dary Is A Typical Greaser In The Outsiders Character Analysis

When Ponyboy was in Windrixville, hiding with johnny, Sodapop sent a letter with Dally, Sodapop states “Darry and me ran nuts when you ran out like that, Darry is awful sorry hit you. You know he didn’t mean it.”(81) Although Darry had not written the letter he was clearly sensitive about his feelings towards his brother Ponyboy. In addition for him being the strong and tough guy everybody knows, showing his emotions for his brother clearly proves that Darry is sensitive. To add onto that fact, he demonstrates that he truly is sensitive to his brother because he truly regrets his actions and he feels very repentant for Ponyboy. Furthermore, Darry portrayed the characteristic trait of being sensitive was when Ponyboy came back from Windrixville, Ponyboy states “ Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn’t make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks.” Crying is one way to show that someone is sensitive because sensitive is basically when you get emotional sometimes or take things way too seriously and crying demonstrates that very well. Darry shows that he is sensitive because he really was sorry for Ponyboy and he was so sensitive that he started crying. Darry also shows sensitivity when Pony came back, Darry states, “Oh Pony, I thought I lost you… Like we did mom and dad.”(98) This statement strongly shows that

The Outsiders illustrates the theme through the relationship of Ponyboy and Darry throughout the course of the book. In the beginning of the book, Darry slaps Ponyboy because he came home very late. This causes Ponyboy to run away from home with Johnny. Ponyboy tells Johnny, “‘He didn’t use to be like that...we used to get along okay...before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can’t stand me,’” (Hinton 51). This quote shows that Ponyboy is isolated from his brother. It shows how Ponyboy and Darry are drifting further apart from each other due to the death of their parents. Later on in the book when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are in the hospital, Sodapop and Darry come to see how they are all doing. When Darry and Sodapop see Ponyboy, they have a

He always wants to give him the life he wanted but couldn’t have one way to make sure of that is that Darry always makes sure Pony gets good grades by checking his homework. This way pony can succeed in school and not be a dropout like soda. He wants him to be the one that can make a difference in the world, and Darry realizes that, that person is pony. A quote from Ponyboy from the book is “I didn’t do to bad in math, because Darry checked my homework and made me study.”(Hinton

At the end of the book Ponyboy finally comes to terms with the deaths of Johnny and Dally, and he finally realizes that violence is not the answer when he makes up with Darry. Darry and Ponyboy are shouting at each other, and Ponyboy asks Sodapop to take his side. This causes Sodapop to rush out of the house, and Ponyboy and Darry chase after him. When they finally catch up Sodapop tells them he feels sick of being pulled apart by their fights. Ponyboy sympathizes with Sodapop as he says in the text: “Darry and I did play tug of war with him, with never a thought to how much it was hurting him.” Ponyboy suddenly understands what his fighting with Darry has done to Sodapop, and later in their conversation Ponyboy realizes why he never got along with Darry: “I saw that I had expected Darry to do all the understanding without even trying to

Both Johnny and Dally are similar in the way that they both have a terrible home life. Johnny and Ponyboy are resting in the park when they accidentally fall asleep. Johnny wakes up Ponyboy at two in the morning and tells him to run home fast because Ponyboy’s brothers do care about him unlike Johnny’s parents. “‘I think I’ll stay all night out here.’ Johnny’s parents didn’t care if he came home

Ponyboy is one of the youngest being 14, Sodapop, his brother is 16, and Darry is 20 and also one of the oldest from the gang. The mayor gave them permission for him to stay living with his the two brothers just as long as they can properly behave. Ponyboy doesn’t really like Darry because he tries to control him so he tries to exert himself over his life and he looks

He was only 20, but he never really got to know what that was like. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the mid 1960’s. In addition, conflicts between two gangs were on the rise and the Curtis family was stuck in the middle of it. The main character Ponyboy Curtis had had two older brothers Sodapop and Darrel “Darry” Curtis. Darry happened to stand out because of his father figure presence in this novel. He had to grow up when he was only 20 years old. Both of Darry’s parents had died in a car wreck, forcing him to take on the responsibilities of his two younger brothers. Darry is a responsible, caring, and a prideful young man.

Johnny and Dally have a lot in common, and one of them is that they do not really have people to call their family, so they call their gang their family. When Darry hits Ponyboy, Pony runs to Johnny, who is sleeping in the lot, and tells him they are running away because of what Darry did to him. Johnny then explains to Ponyboy that he does not have family and Pony yells at him saying, “‘Shoot, you got the whole gang. Dally didn’t slug you tonight ‘cause you’re the pet. I mean, golly Johnny, you got the whole gang’” (51). Even though Johnny’s parents do not treat him nicely, he still needs to understand that he has people that care for him, and that he is not alone. Later on in the story, Johnny is dying. While he is still alive his mother comes to see him, but he does not want to see her because she will give him grief. When Johnny dies, Dally is devastated. He is so angry that he goes and robs a grocery store. As the police chase him, he goes to a phonebooth and calls the Curtis home. Darry

Uniquely, both Darry and Soda focus a lot on Pony’s future. In the story, one of the fellow greasers, Two-Bit, says to Ponyboy, “You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein’ a Soc is us.” (Hinton 126) The boys have to regulate living life on their own which leads to Darry dropping the thought of college and working instead to help meet his two younger brothers’ needs. Not to mention that Soda dropped out of high school to work and help Darry with bills and such. Ponyboy says, “Darry was too smart to be a greaser.” (Hinton 126) Darry is not like the other greasers, he was a strong athlete and did fine in school. Darry would of probably went to college if it was not for the passing of his parents. He gave up a lot, but he knew he had to watch out for his brothers. Darry became the guardian over the boys ensuring that the family had reinforcement.

On page 8 it says,” Not unless you’re hurt like Johnny had been that day we found him. Compared to Johnny I wasn’t hurt at all.” This backs up Ponyboy living in a bad neighborhood. With this kind of neighborhood, Darry can’t protect him of every danger that comes his way. On page 131, it says ,’ The rumble was set for seven,...” This shouldn’t be the kind of Neighborhood Ponyboy should be living in. If Darry really cared about Ponyboy, he wouldn’t let Ponyboy be part of the rumble. Ponyboy will end up getting injured if he lives in this

“Oh, damnit Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…”” Ponyboy used to think of Dally of this strong guy, who didn’t care about anything or anyone, but after the scene, Ponyboy realizes that he has feelings, he has a soft spot and he cares about

This is part of his emotional journey. Ponyboy believes Darry only cares about himself. “Darry thinks his life is enough without inspecting other’s” (Hinton 3). This probably hurts Ponyboy.

By the end, it becomes clear to Ponyboy that Dally cares. On the ride to see Johnny at the hospital, Dally tells Ponyboy, “You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…” (147) At this intense moment, Dally feels doubtful and angry. The fear of losing Johnny causes him to give Ponyboy the advice that put Dally in this position to begin with. He so badly doesn't want anyone else to experience the emotional pain he faced.

When Ponyboy fell asleep in the lot, Johnny woke him up and told him to go home. When he walked in Darry was infuriated. He told Darry that he didn’t mean to, but Darry was too mad to think right. Darry was the one not thinking and he smacked Pony. Pony got up and ran away to find Johnny who was still in the lot.

As Ponyboy’s guardian Darry has to set a good example in order to be an overall good guardian. An example of him not doing that is in chapter 12 “And anytime you don't like the way I'm running things around here, you can just get out, ALRIGHT?”(Hinton 173 and 174). Consequently when Darry said that he was motivating Ponyboy to run away. This is why Darry also has to make wise decisions around Ponyboy because Ponyboy does look up to him.