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The Outsiders And The Outsiders Similarities

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How can two people who are completely different share similarities? Dally and Johnny, two greasers from S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have distinct differences as well as similarities. They are similar because they both know what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. Also, they both care about each other in similar ways. Dally and Johnny are completely different when it comes to the law. Dally is the least law abiding in the gang, where as Johnny is the most. Dally and Johnny are dissimilar as they die. Dally dies a hoodlum, which is vast difference from how Johnny dies a hero. Therefor, Dally and Johnny have a lot in common, but also have great differences. Dally and Johnny are similar in a way of knowing what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. Dally has no love coming from his home, which is why he does some reckless things. The loveless life he has at home is cause of his inability to love others. His parents do not interact with him and Dally states, “‘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). Dally’s parents do not give him the attention he needs and they neglect him to a world where he has made himself closed off and tough. Similarly to how Johnny faces abuse and neglect when it comes to his parents. Like Dally, letting people in is hard for Johnny because of his family. Johnny’s home life is terrible and “His father was always beating him up,

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