How Does Dally Change In The Outsiders

In S.E.Hinton’s book The Outsiders She describes a rivalry between the low class greasers and the upper class socs. IN the book the appalling death of one of the main characters, Dally Winston was caused by several events. After saving the lives of a group of children Johnny dies putting Dally into grief. This leads Dally to rob a store. After he robs the store Dally is chased by the police and in a panic, pulls out an unloaded gun and is shot by the police.

Firstly, Dally had a breaking point. Dally’s breaking point was losing Johnny. This showed that he cared about what was happening to Johnny. The group of greasers talked while Johnny had passed away and got a call from Dally, they didn’t think that Johnny had a breaking point. It means that he cared too much about Johnny. You don’t reach something like a breaking point over nothing, it is usually about something you intensely care about or is important to you. Dally was uncaring about most things. In the book, the greasers had said that Dally hadn’t cared about many things, but he deeply cared about Johnny. He is mostly portrayed as unfeeling, but this was proof that he wasn’t always like that. He thought that death was easier than dealing with the pain of his loss. Pain is the key word in that sentence, he had felt pain. He

One character trait to describe Dally is helpful. This is evident when Johnny and Ponyboy get into a situation no one else can get them out of. Knowing Dally would be at Buck Meril's party, they show up seeking his guidance. Johnny and Ponyboy tell him what happened and how Johnny had killed a Social named Bob. Once they finish Dally lets them come inside and warm up. As they are there Ponyboy states, "He handed us a gun and a roll of bills." (Hinton 60). Based on this evidence, it is clear the he is helpful because even during his friends' worst times Dally helps them instead of turning his back. In addition, when Johnny and Ponyboy ran away he goes and finds them. Dally spends more money on them, gives Ponyboy a letter from his brother, Sodapop, and tells them what he knows about what is happening in town. Without

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton follows the lives of two groups of young adult’s set in 1950’s America. The groups are the “Greasers” and the “Socs”. Greasers is a term used to class all the boys living on the East side, which was the poor side of the town they were mainly known for their long and greased hair. The rival gang, the Socs short for Socials, are "the jet set, the West-side rich kids," who are from upper-middle-class families. Ponyboy explains that the gangs are "just small bunches of friends who stick together, and the warfare is between the social classes" (pg 10). Ponyboy is a Greaser, a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop. Society views greasers as dull but views soc's more hardworking as they get better grades. They are more favoured as they are better looking and are rich. Greasers aren’t respected by society, many of them have heroic qualities. This novel The Outsiders shows that all people have heroic qualities all it takes is a dramatic event. A hero is someone who helps those in need and does not expect people to applaud or reward them for it. Dally, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are the three main Greasers and three unlikely heroes in the novel. They achieved this state by saving people's lives, help those in need, showing care and standing up for each other. These three greasers put their lives in front of others to save people.

One thing you can grasp from his death and this detail is the cops killed Dally because they shot him but in the example given it shows he knew what hes was doing, so basically Dally wanted to die. Another example is Dally never went on a rampage and robbed from that grocery store the cops wouldn’t have been searching for him. According to “The Outsiders” on page 153 its says “ It was Dally. He phoned from a booth. He just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him.”

commits suicide. Dally tries to rob a store but is shot several times by police officers. Unlike

In the beginning of the book, Dally goes to the movies and starts to bother a girl named Cherry. When she threatens to call the cops on him he says, (22) ”You ought to see my record sometime, baby [...], guess what I’ve been in for?” But then, Jonny sticks up for Cherry, and Dally ends up stocking out of the movie theater because he likes Jonny too much to hit him. Dally sounds like he’s proud of his record when he tells Cherry that. Dally needs the gang in his life because his family doesn’t care about anything he ever does. He just needs someone to look up to him.

Johnny and Dally have many similarities between each other. Johnny and Dally both have abusive parents that do not pay attention to them . Dally´s abusive parents don not care about Dally at all. In fact, Dally never mentions anything about his parents anything except on page 88 where he says, ”Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether I am in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter.” Dally basically says that his dad does not care where he goes

Johnny and Dally have many similarities in the novel ”The Outsiders.” One is that they both have abusive and neglectful parents. Dally’s dad does not pay attention to him. “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). This shows that Dally’s dad does not care about him all that much. He doesn’t show Dally that he loves or cares about him at all. His dad wouldn’t notice if he were gone or dead which means that he obviously does not think about him as often as he should. Likewise, Johnny’s parents also does not show him much affection. “His father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him…” (12). This shows how Johnny’s dad does not care about how he treats Johnny, he just beats him up.

In this quote it shows Darry working and Ponyboy saying things about what Darry do for Ponyboy, “There was another column about just Darry and Soda and me: how Darry worked on two jobs at once and made good at both of them, and about his outstanding record at school”(Hinton 108).This shows how much work Darry puts to taking care of Ponyboy and Sodapop.This also shows how qualified Darry is to take care of them and how he has outstanding records at school.Another quote of Darry working and Soda “I could have waited to go to the movies until Darry or Sodapop got off work.” ( Hinton 3).This shows that Darry always works and tries to make the time for Ponyboy. It also shows how Darry let’s him go to the movies and lets him do what he likes to do and doesn’t mind. In the story Darry always worked very hard and worked too hard with two jobs at a time and tried to make the best of it and made sure Ponyboy got a good education and had a chance like he had to go to college and didn’t mess it all up because of all this

For instance, in the letter that Johnny left behind for Ponyboy to find he says about the children they saved at the church, “Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” (178). This statement, in every way, shows how little value Johnny places on his own life. Rather than being afraid of death he is saying how he is fine with dying because his life is not worth as much as the lives of the children him and Pony saved at the flaming church in Windrixville. Correspondingly, Dally does not give very much worth to his life either. After Johnny dies, Dally goes on a suicide mission and when he dies Ponyboy says of him, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). Dally wants to be dead and purposely drives the police to the point of killing him. The fact that Dally wants to die proves that he does not place much worth to his life. Overall, it is very evident that both Dally and Johnny deem their lives as not very

Dally is mean and aggressive, and tougher than the rest of the gang. Ponyboy tells about the time when “ a guy told him to move over at the candy counter. Dally had turned around and belted him so hard it knocked a tooth loose.”(24) This shows that Dally is a very aggressive person. On the contrary Johnny is the opposite. He is a quiet guy who everybody feels bad for. He is the gang’s pet. Ponyboy states that “ Johnny couldn’t say “ Boo” to a goose.” (24) Dally and Johnny have different personalities. They act and think in different manors, and this is why they are such different people.

For instance, Johnny looked up to Dally in a revering way, almost as if Dally ishis brother, respecting him. Ponyboy explains that, “Johnny worshipped the ground Dally walked on” (25). This means that Dally was like an idol to Johnny. Likewise, Dally took care of Johnny like a little brother. When Johnny is running into the church, Dally can be heard screaming “‘Forget those blasted kids!’”(93), meaning that he valued Johnny’s life over a whole class of kids. When Johnny contemplates turning himself in, Darry starts shows his care for Johnny, “‘Johnny” Dally said in a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, “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”’(20). Dally does not want Johnny to become like him, a hardened criminal. Johnny and Dally both share a sense of comradery, hence the fact that they are

First off, Dally shows many actions made from his genuine character. To start, at this time in the book, Dally had just shown up to the abandoned church. Pony and Johnny had been staying up there for about a week before he arrived, and while he was there, he explained to them why he was brought into the station, specifically how they were now safe: “‘While I was there I kinda let it slip that y’all were headin’ for Texas. So that’s where they’re lookin’’”(82). This proves his genuine character because his main concern was to keep them away from the police.

In the Novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, Dally made a choice that had a strong effect on the plot. In the story, a character named Johnny Cade has a tragic death from serious injuries. This had a negative effect on Dally as revealed by the author when she states, “ Johny was the only thing Johny loved. Now he was gone” (Hinton, 152). Because Dally was angry he made a stupid choice and robbed a grocery store.