The Outsiders Character Analysis: Dally

This explains how Dally cares about them. He doesn’t want them to be like him. Another piece of evidence that supports this is on page 53, “He carefully shut the door”. Here he handed us a gun and a roll of bills, the gun was loaded. For Pete's sake, Johnny, don't point the thing at me.

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.”

Dally told Johnny and Ponyboy what to do after the murder. He instructed them to, “‘Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville.’“ Dally knew of a church in Windrixville that the boys could stay low in for a while until it was safe. He accommodated them with a few supplies, “…He handed us a gun and a roll of bills.” He provided them with some supplies to take with them because he cared about them and wanted to them safe and out of trouble. Dally is a hero because he helped Johnny and Ponyboy from getting in trouble.

(184) But whenever there is a fight, Dally would always want to be involved and fight with others. " Dally blew off steams in gang fights." (14) " He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids---

Johnny is the only thing Dally really loves. When Johnny dies, Dally loses it because Johnny is like Dally’s Achilles heel. Dally pleads to Johnny: “Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…(149). Dally came to his breaking point when Johnny died. Johnny was the glue that held the gang together. Ponyboy says: “He was the gang’s pet, everyone”s kid brother”(12). Johnny does not like to fight, but he admires the way Dally does not let his living conditions get in the way of anything. Dally and Johnny look out for each other and care about each other due to their

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.

Firstly, Dally’s actions and words were, “"Here"--- he handed us a gun and a roll of bills--- "the gun's loaded. For Pete's sake, Johnny, don't point the thing at me. Here's fifty bucks. That's all I could get out of Merril tonight He's blowin' his loot from that last race."” Without thinking twice, Dally was ready to help Johnny and Ponyboy because he cared for them. Even though Dallas Winston does not care if he gets in trouble, but he cared if Johnny and Pony did. For example, Dallas Winston told Johnny, “"Johnny," Dally said in a 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. Oh, blast it, Johnny"--- he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes--- "you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..."” Dally knows that his dangerous exploits are fun for him, but not the personality Johnny has or deserves. When Dally, a hoodlum has an implored tone it has a significant meaning that proves Johnny and Ponyboy bring out the soft and affection. Therefore, Dallas Winston is proven a loyal member of the Greaser

Darry used to be in high school. He also used to be the captain of the football team. When he graduated he was awarded a scholarship to college but did not go. The reason he became so serious about life was because of his parent’s death. Now he has two jobs and must take care of his two younger brothers Soda and Ponyboy. Darry is serious when it comes to Ponyboy. He always yells at him to use his head and to take school seriously. The street changed Derry because now he has no time for fun in his life. His life is always serious and full of

I stay away all night, and nobody notices. At least you got Soda. I ain’t got nobody’” (51). Johnny plain out says that his father hits him which shows the abusive side of his parents, no normal parent would hit an innocent young boy. Along with this, Johnny is explaining how his parents do not acknowledge him which is clearly neglect. Johnny’s parents hit him, refuse to acknowledge his existence and scream at him so much that Johnny doesn’t even wish to see his mother at the end of the novel when he is in the hospital because he believes she only wishes to bring him grief. When the nurse tells him that his mother wants to see him Johnny yells, “‘She’s probably come to tell me about all the trouble I’m causing her and about how glad her and the old man’ll be when I’m dead’” (122). The fact that Johnny is dying yet all his parents want is to give him grief shows the abuse and neglect that Johnny gets from his parents. Similarly, Dally Winston has neglectful and abusive parents. Not once in the book does Dallas mention his mother, but he does mention his father; once. The single time that Dally mentions his father, he

So, in the end, he did a crazy thing because of his violent personality and his angry mood. The violence influences Dally but it doesn’t affect him more than Ponyboy since his

Because of the lack of love they have in their own homes, they do not have someone telling them how much they are loved and cared for. Even though the group of greaser boys love each other, they do not say it, and because of the lack of nurture those two boys have they do not place much value on their lives. Dally did not care about his life, he would always get himself into trouble and did not care if he got arrested or not. “Dally raised his gun . . . he was dead before he hit the ground.

Darry, the oldest brother have had many conflicts with Soda and Pony, which made him change during this novel. First, one event that made Darry change was when he slapped his little brother, Pony when he came home late. Pony ran away for a few days because he thought that Darry didn’t want him as a brother anymore. Darry was so sorry, sad, and mad at himself for slapping Pony.

At the time of Addie’s death, Darl and Jewel are running an errand for Vernon Tull (Faulkner 28). Yet, Darl knows who is standing around Addie and how they react (Faulkner 47-52). Darl knows that Dewey is thinking towards Peabody: “…and she’s looking at him, saying You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew” regarding her abortion, (Faulkner 51). His connections with his family allow him to know exactly what is happening and what others are thinking when he is away from the situation himself. Darl attempts to burn Addie’s corpse in a man’s barn which sets him on a journey to alienation. Someone exposes Darl as the arsonist and the family sends him to an asylum in Jackson (Faulkner 232). Jewel and Dewey Dell attack Darl so that he can be arrested and Darl laughs hysterically (Faulkner 238). Darl’s insanity had been brought up earlier in the book, but it was never considered true because of Darl’s observations of others. However, once Darl is turned over by his family, his madness emerges. A Marxist critic would view Darl’s sudden alienation as the reason for him losing his mind. His laughing for no apparent reason is immediately after he is contained to be taken to the asylum. Darl’s isolation caused his

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 these chapters Craig seeks an apology and an exlanation from Rudell for abandoning him, but ends up empty handed. His wife Kathy accepts Wade until they come home to find Wade strangling his beloved dog uncontrollably. Afterward they end up handing him over to the Swancutts, a foster family. A few years later Rudell decides to make another random visit to see his granddaughters, but without the indifference Craig always felt. The book also talks about how Wade was doing good in his new home, but still stole cars and ended up in the juvenile hall for almost two years. The book also talks about Rudells reputation for fighting, he was a good boxer in his day, and hardly ever walked away from a fight afterward.