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    this scenario possible in the book The Outsiders with two characters, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston. Johnny and Dally care about each other and place little value on their lives. They are different because they give Ponyboy opposing advice about how he should live, and are opposites when it comes to following the law. In S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are similar to each other, but they also have plenty of differences. Although Johnny and Dally have multiple differences

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    Hinton’s, The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are two boys in a gang of greasers with both similarities and differences. Both Johnny and Dally have abusive parents and the love and care for eachother. On the other hand, Johnny is the most law-abiding while Dally is the least in the gang. Also, Johnny dies a dynamic character while Dally dies a static character. Therefor, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have immense similarities while also having tremendous differences. Both Johnny and Dallas

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    Imagine you’re surrounded and your friend is being attacked. What do you do next? If you’re Johnny Cade, you murder the leader of the group with your switchblade. This is particularly odd since he’s the gentlest person in your gang. Would you show grit in this crucial moment like he did, or would you head for the hills? Let’s talk more about grit; it stands for growth, resilience, instinct, and tenacity. Johnny’s passion is a blatant example of grit. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term

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    about keeping Johnny golden. He does not want Johnny to end up messing up like he did, and getting tough inside. Dallas Winston was in the slammer for a while, and it made him hard and tough, that is what Dally is trying to hide Johnny Cade from. The moral of Gone With the Wind is relative to Nothing Gold Can Stay. “Love and understanding are gone with the wind.” A film taking place in the setting of the Civil War, where characters had to make an effort everyday to survive, like Johnny was having to

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    In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, two gangs clash and deal with their own personal conflicts. Told through the outlook of Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old greaser, the novel is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. This expository essay analyzes many characteristics of three gang members in the story. Dally, Steve, and Johnny are three characters that will be described in much detail on their characteristics. Firstly, Dallas Winston was an older delinquent in the greaser gang who many considered

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    Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are opposites, from their personalities to their way of life. Dally is tough, while Johnny is sensitive, yet the two are very similar. Johnny gives advice to stay the same and not change, while Dally thinks that staying tough is the only way to not get hurt. They die in different ways, but both grew up with abusive or neglectful parents. Through everything, Johnny and Dally care about each other. Thus, even though Johnny and Dally are very

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    What does Outsider really mean? Excluded, harsh family, different, stand out, mistreated, an Outsider stands alone. Why? Because people in this world just don’t understand what it’s like to be an Outsider. Don’t! I repeat don’t excluded your peers who see things a different way. The way they see finest. Encourage them along with their feelings, thoughts, also their differences. Treat them the same way you treat others. It explains that many people are crudely teased, furthermore, they’re taught to

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    Outsiders Hero Quotes

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    can be heroes. In S.E Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, the greasers do a lot of good and bad things nevertheless they still are heroes. Johnny Cade, Ponyboy Curtis and Dallas Winston are all heroes. Johnny sacrificed his life to save the children from the burning building. Ponyboy risked his life to save the children from the burning building. Johnny feels remorse for killing Bob and decides to go back and turn himself in. The first thing that makes Johnny cade a hero his decision to save the children

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    Johnny and Dally: Similarities and Differences How can two people who have similar backgrounds be so different? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, two characters fit the bill. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are much the same because they both have a bad home life and place little value on their own lives. However, they do have differences, such as opposite personalities and thoughts about breaking the law. For these reasons, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade have large differences and similarities.

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    The movie The Outsiders is very similar to the book but of course there are also many differences. The main characters in both the movie and the book are Ponyboy Curtis, Darry Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Two-Bit Mathews, Steve Randle, Dally Winston, and Johnny Cade. The Outsiders is about a teen gang in rural Oklahoma. The Greasers are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group. When Greasers, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade get into a brawl that ends in the death of a Social member, the two

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