Similarities Between Johnny And Dally

Another similarity that makes Johnny and Dally similar is through their value of life. Dally has never really cared about what happens to him. He goes around trying to break laws and getting caught, going to jail, getting out, and then repeating. He never really cares about how he turns out and what will happen to him. He has never respected his life. He gets in fights all the time and is mean. When he kills himself just because Johnny died, he gave up on the world. Everyone knew he would die like this, “I knew he would be dead, because Dallas Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). His value of his life is very little and when Johnny dies he brakes. Similarly, Johnny’s value in life is limited. In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, he talks about how

Dally’s weakness stems from the fact he doesn’t like who he is as a person. He’s seen so many bad things, and it makes him upset. This explains why he is so attached to Johnny, who while has seen bad things, he remains kind and strong. His entire relationship with Johnny is desperate. He depends on Johnny so much that when Johnny died, he doesn’t even feel like living without him. While Dally won’t ever admit it, he cares a lot about people more than he lets on. When Johnny tells Dally that he wants to turn himself in, Ponyboy says, “the whole idea was a jolt to Dallas.” (87) Dally is so dependent on Johnny and the idea of Johnny going to jail and becoming like him shakes him up. He even starts chewing on his fake ID. The dependency on Johnny really shows how weak he is when it comes to managing

Dally loves to fight, he has to be at all of the gangs fights he even came out of the hospital for a rumble. Johnny on the other hand is the opposite, he thinks fighting is useless and wants there to be good in the world. On the night of the rumble Johnny and Dally are both in the hospital. Dally did not want anything more than to be in that rumble. Just before the first punched was thrown Dally showed up and says, to the gang “‘ do not you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless i’m in it?’”(144). Dally pulled a knife on the nurses to get out of the hospital with a burnt arm just to fight in a rumble. While johnny is in the hospital and Ponyboy and Dally went to visit them, they told Johnny that they stomped on the socs. Johnny just says, “‘useless . . . fightings no good.’”(148). After that moment he called Ponyboy over and

Dally is a criminal who did many bad things, and had gone to jail many times. Dally has been involved in many gang related crimes. He lied, he cheated, and he stole. He also went to rodeos and rumbles. He even jumped people. Dally lived a life of crime and didn’t take any actions to turn his life around, he just kept doing the wrong thing. And after Johnny dies, Dally has the police kill him. He does this by pulling a gun so that the police will shoot at him; and they do. He died before he hit the floor.

Although Dally and Johnny have a lot of similarities, they also have many differences. One of their many differences is that Johnny is law abiding and Dally is the complete opposite. Dally got in trouble with the police when he is ten years old. He likes to break laws and do things the illegal way. As Ponyboy says of Dally, “Dally hated to do things the legal way. He liked to show that he didn’t care whether there was a law or not” (20). Dally never follows the law. Conversely, Johnny is extremely law abiding and has absolutely no record with the police. When Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally are all in Windrixville, Johnny decides he wants to turn himself in. He says to Dally, “‘I ain’t got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense’”(87). He never gets in trouble with the police, and he feels that if he turns himself in, then he will receive a light sentence. This shows that Johnny has never had a complication with the police, on the other hand, Dally first got arrested at the age of ten and keeps getting arrested.

Another difference between Dally and Johnny are Dally love to fight and has a huge record with the police, while Johnny hates

As much as they are alike, they both are very different from another, such as Johnny is more law abiding, while Dally is the least. For example, Johnny Cade is the most law abiding greaser because he does not want any trouble with anybody. Johnny only had one offense with the police which is manslaughter, but it is clearly self defense. For instance, when the socs jump Johnny he does not fight back because he does not want trouble with them. Johnny tells Dally and Pony, ‘“I ain’t got no record with the fuzz”’(87). When Johnny is wanting to turn himself into the police after the killing of the soc. On the other hand, Dally is not law abiding at all. He always wants to be involved in fights or in trouble. He is proud of his record with the police. Ponyboy says, “‘He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids--- he did everything’”(11). He has quite a reputation with the police. Dally was in

The author writes, “Johnny’s eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted” (148). Johnny’s reaction is priceless. Out of the entire greaser gang, Johnny and Dally’s relationship is the strongest and most significant. When Johnny needs Dally the most, he is his staunchest supporter. In return, Johnny gives back the same, if not more, amount of affection to Dally. When Dally and Johnny die, Ponyboy makes a list of realizations. Ponyboy thinks, “But I remembered Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him; Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (154). It is clearly proven that ‘tough’ Dallas Winston makes a substantial effort to make Johnny’s life better. If Dally would not make the effort for Johnny, then Johnny would have to experience life worse than it already is. Since Dally thinks of Johnny almost like a little brother, it would hurt Dally to see Johnny experience that kind of pain. Dally and Johnny are bonded by these similarities, but they are also bonded through their differences.

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.

“You’d be surprised how much you can have in common with someone completely different than you.” -Anonymous. This statement is true in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters are very different, but have multiple similarities. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand, they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar yet completely different.

(154)” The only one Dallas cares about is gone. Dally does not want to live anymore because he lost Johnny, so he decides to end it. Likewise, Johnny is being affected by his homelife so much, he has threatened turning to suicide multiple times throughout the book. Whenever Johnny is left to his thoughts, he reflects on his life. Johnny hates how his life practically revolves around fighting, the very thing he hates. After meeting Randy and Bob, Johnny tells Ponyboy, “ ‘ I can’t take much more’ Johnny spoke my own feelings. ‘ I’ll kill myself or something.’ (47)” Johnny does not want to deal with all of the stress that is being induced on him. Johnny and Dally both place as little value as possible in their lives.

Pony says of Dallas, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted”(154). Dally dies a hoodlum, because he wants to die. How and why Johnny died helps prove their significant differences in both personality and

For a mean hoodlum to have an innocent kid as the only thing he cares about in the world is strange. Johnny and Dally from the novel “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton care for each other more than anything, despite their differences in appearance. They give the main character of the novel, Ponyboy, different advice based on their own characteristics, and die for opposite reasons. However their similarities with abusive and ignorant parents and the little value they carry on their lives bring them close together.

Johnny and Dally have both had hard lives. Both of their parents were abusive and uncaring.

Johnny and dally both have one very significant Similarity which is, That they both have abusive parents that do not care about them. Dally’s parents are the reason why he is what he is today ,because they never disciplined him and that’s why at age 10 dally was arrested running around with a gang . Well for one dally never did talk about his his mom not even once, but talked about his dad once or twice when when him and pony were visiting johnny dally told johnny . “‘ ….My old man don’t give a hang whether i’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or dead in the gutter . that don’t bother me none”’ (p.88) . Plus Dally has no where he can call home pony says “Dally who lived anywhere he could” (105). While on the other hand Johnny has somewhat of a home has very abusive parents. Johnny usually sleeps outside or at ponyboys . Ponyboy describes johnny 's life at home saying “ His father was always beating him up, and his mom ignored