Why Does Ponyboy Dislikes Dally

Let's talk about the part when Dally helps Ponyboy and Johnny. On page 61 in the outsiders he gave johnny and ponyboy a gun, $20, and Ponyboy some warm clothes. his shows that Dally cares for their survival and does not actually want them to be in harm's way because from the way Ponyboy describes Dally you would not expect him to help.

Terrified and confused, the two greasers hurry to find Dally, the one person the think can help them. Dally sends them with a gun and some money to an abandoned church near Windrixvill, where they hide out for a week, they cut their hair to disguise their appearances. After a week, dally comes to check on them, and says that since bob died, the Socs and the greasers have become worse then ever, a giant rumble is to be held the next night to settle the matters once and for all. Cherry feels responsible for the whole problem, acted as a spy for the greasers. Johnny surprises Dally by declaring his intention to go back to Tulsa and turn himself in. Dally drives them back, but as they leave, the notice that the church has caught on fire and it had a large group of schoolchildren inside. Ponyboy and Johnny rush inside the church to save the children. Just when they get the last child through the window, the roof caves in and Ponyboy blacks out again.

Shown from the start of the novel, Dally was described as the ‘real character’ of the gang. He was tougher, colder and meaner than the rest. Although during the incident of the burning church, Darry’s character changed and showed that he had feeling as well. This was proved when Dally, jumps inside the burning church to save the children as well as Ponyboy and Johnny. When that news came out on the newspaper, it had so many people shock as well as the Social and if they hadn’t seen it for their own eyes, “[they]would have never believed a Greaser could pull something like that.” Through this, it was proven that Dally had realised how much little things matted in life and that despite being a hero, it was also important to make sure others were okay. Hinton has proved how Dally has changed in his beliefs as well as his

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

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

“ When you’re in a gang, you stick up for them for the members.”(Hinton 26) Ponyboy’s first act of loyalty was sticking up for Dally to the Soc girls when they were talking about him at the drive in. Ponyboy liked Dally the least. But, he was apart of the greaser gang and he was going to stick up for him no matter what.They were like brothers and you stand up for your brothers. “He’d leave you alone if he knew you, I said and that was true” (Hinton 65) He had know that Dally wasn’t the nicest, but if you had been close to him he would protect you and stand up for you. He is also a very good friend and a good gang member.

Dally knew where the safest places were to go if anything happened. He instructed Ponyboy and Johnny to go to Jay mountain, there would be a church there on top of the mountain and that's where he told them to stay. Dally was very tough he once lived and New York and got into a lot of fights there. This quote proves‘’Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten’’ Pg 12. Dally also changed mentally he didn't care about anything anymore and he was always there if any of the Greasers needed help. Dally also died, He got and to a fight with the cops after Johnny died he robbed a store and then got shot by the police in a park. Dally was a giving person he gave Johnny and Ponyboy a big shirt, a gun, and 50 dollars so that they can buy food in the town that they were heading

Ponyboy is recovering from a lot of emotional things, then his best friend dies. He starts to fail his classes. He doesn’t really care about many things besides that he lost his best friend. The big change Dally has is that he no longer wants to live, so he dies. “But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of shots, even as I begged silently - Please, not him . . . not him and Johnny both - I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” This shows that Dally wanted to be dead. The reason he wanted to be dead was because Johnny was the reason he was still living and when he had no other reason to live, he died. Ponyboy started doing really bad in school because of both of these deaths. Then he reads the letter Johnny wrote in the book and starts to turn his life around and do better in school so things will be at least a little closer to before everything had

During the church fire Dally stood up and became heroic.“ I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath. Then I heard a scream, and as I turned to go back for him Dally swore at me and clubbed me across the back as hard as he could, and I went down into a peaceful place.” (93). Dally did three heroic the things that night of the fire. He helped save the children when the church was burning down, he saved Ponyboy from jumping in the fire to save Johnny, then he attempted to save Johnny. You might think that’s what Ponyboy was going to do, but Dally didn’t want to lose two friend that night. Johnny is everything to Dally. Johnny has been an active diffuser to keep the bomb of Dallas Winston for exploding. Dally is truly a

They began arguments impulsively, and not always as part of their feud with the Socs. One example of this occurred when Dally robbed a grocery store in a period of despair after a Greaser named Johnny died. Dally notified his fellow Greasers after the crime and they responded in panic, feeling that they “gotta hide him” (page 153). The other Greasers encouraged Dally’s evasion of the cops, becoming accomplices to the crime. The cops pursued and shot Dally, fatally, when he acted as if he was about to shoot them. This part of the downward spiral of events in the book began with Dally’s impulsiveness in the grocery store, not with the feud or with fury. Ponyboy even admitted that Dally was an unstable person, saying, “he died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday” (page 154). This proves that even the Greasers see that they are liable to cause turmoil in any

In the novel, Darry always is worried about what time ponyboy came home and where he went. In the beginning, Ponyboy went out with Dally

Johnny shocks Dally by telling him he wants to go back home and confess to his crime. Dally tries to change Johnny’s mind, convincing him not to because if he does he will be going to prison and dally doesn’t want Johnny to see him in prison. Johnny is points out that his own parents would not care what ever happens to him, but Ponyboy’s brothers care about him and don’t want to see him like that. Swearing under his breath, Dally begins to drive Johnny and Ponyboy home. As they drive past the church where Ponyboy and Johnny had been staying, they see that it is on fire. Ponyboy thinks he and Johnny must have started the fire with a cigarette butt, so the boys jump out of the car to check out the fire. When Ponyboy wakes, he is in an ambulance,

Later that night Johnny and Pony are jumped by a few soc’s. Johnny kills one to save Pony from dying. Dally then sends them away so they don’t get in trouble. While at the church Dally comes back for them. When they go to get there stuff the church caught on fire while children from a local school were in it.

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.

Ponyboy and Johnny risk their lives in order to save someone else. While saving the children from the fire, Johnny is last to leave the church and so while exiting the roof collapsed on johnny. Johnny receives severe third degree burns on much of his body. His back is broken and the doctors inform Darry and Ponyboy that Johnny will most likely be paralyzed if he survives his injuries. While Ponyboy and Dallas soon recover from their injuries, Johnny seems to get worse as the days pass.