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Similarities Between Daly And Dally In The Outsiders

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“Opposites attract?” Have you ever heard that saying? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, two characters show many similarities, but also difference. Dally is a hoodlum, that breaks every law and Johnny is afraid of his own shadow, how could they even have one common thing?

DIFFERENCES:
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 is scared of his own shadow and Dally does not fear anything. His own gang thinks that Johnny is the gang’s pet and dally is mean. Johnny has never left the greaser neighborhood, when Dally spent three years on the wild side in New York and gets tougher and harder there.
The description befitting Johnny gives out sympathy and empathy, “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny…he had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes…” (11). On the other hand, Dally om the book just makes him seem scarier. “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with the hatred in the whole world…he was tougher than the rest of us (them) tougher, colder, meaner.” (10). It shows the indignant, confident look on Dally’s face. Dally could be compared to a tiger, when Johnny is like a puppy.
Another difference between Dally and Johnny are Dally love to fight and has a huge record with the police, while Johnny hates

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