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    how by creating these characters Johnny Cade and Dally Winston who are different and same at the same time. Johnny and Dally have many similarities like having abusive parents and not putting any value in their lives. At the same time though, they have many differences like how they follow laws and what kind of advice they give. Both Johnny and Dally have many similarities as well as differences. Johnny and Dally have many similarities between each other. Johnny and Dally both have abusive parents

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    Johnny And Dally Analysis

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    Johnny and Dally are complete opposites, yet they are what kept each from killing themselves. S.E. Hinton creates Johnny and Dally to be completely different characters. Even though they are undoubtedly different, both boys have many similarities. It is not just the fact that Johnny and Dally are both greasers or that they are both boys, but deeper qualities and parts of their life that make them similar and very different. Johnny and Dally had a similar and rough childhood. Their parents were both

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    tommy: the main character of this book and has a twin brother. . johnny: the boy from the past to the future to save their father. . the prinebal: the bad good guy in this book. . mom: the loving caring mom. The plot of this book is about a kid named tommy and he is a bad kid already in one semester he got expelled from 5 schools and he figures out he has a twin brother from the past and him and his brother swich times to find his brother and tommy learn’s things like teachers hit the students

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    Hello, Jury i'm here to prove to you Johnny Cade is guilty for the murder of Robert Sheldon. On a Saturday night at 2:30 am Johnny and his close friend Pony-boy Curtis state that they were at the park when Robert and his 5 other friends came to their “territory” drunk. That's when one of Robert’s friend David gets Pony-boy and started drowning him by a water fountain nearby the park. Then, Pony-boy was about to drown when Johnny comes from the back and stabs Robert and that's when Robert’s friends

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    and light brown hair, almost reddish. He really doesn’t use his head and that’s what made him end up in all of this trouble. He also feels as if the world is unfair and the Socs get all the lucky breaks. Johnny is Ponyboy’s best friend and one of his gang companions. He has big black eyes and a dark tanned face. Dally is another one of Ponyboy’s gang member and the person who gives Ponyboy and Johnny money, a place to hide, and a gun. He has an elfish face, high cheekbone, and ears like lynx

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    that battle with “socs” daily. The greasers are usually poor and the socs are usually rich. One night, Ponyboy and his friend, Johnny, are walking when they get jumped by a group of socs. One of them is attempting to drown Ponyboy in a fountain, but Johnny saves his friend and kills the soc with a switchblade. They quickly run to Dally to explain what happened. He gives the boys a gun, $50, and a place to hide. They jump on a train and hide out in an abandoned church. They stay in that church for

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    Johnny Cade Analysis

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    The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, Johnny Cade, a very dynamic character that was referred to a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, but is yet known as a happy go lucky type of kid. Johnny’s parents didn’t care about what he did, his father was abusive, and his mother just doesn’t care what he does unless he does something wrong, then she yells at him. Johnny is the life in the gang, even though he is the most quiet and shy. Throughout the story the

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    In The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, Johnny Cade is a very dynamic character that was referred to as a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, but is yet known as a happy go lucky type of kid. Johnny’s parents didn’t care about what he did, his father was abusive, and his mother just doesn’t care what he does unless he does something wrong, then she would yell at him. Johnny is the life of the gang, even though he is the most quiet and shy. Throughout

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    Differences between Dally and Johnny How can two people, who have countless differences, still have similarities? This is true of two characters, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade, in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are similar because they both have neglectful parents and place little value on their own lives. In contrast, Johnny is the most law-abiding and Dally is the least. Also, Dally likes to fight, but Johnny does not. Therefore, Dally and Johnny have different personalities

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    Him along with other members of his gang- his brothers Darry and Sodapop, and friends Johnny, Dallas, Two-bit, and Steve. On the other side of town the rich Socs, Bob and Randy, And their gang jump, beat up, and stereotype the Greasers. Some of these kids got too caught up in the stereotyping and it leads to their deaths,including Johnny, Dallas, and Bob. SE Hinton clearly demonstrates the theme that stereotyping leads to violence through the deaths of Johnny,Dallas, and Bob.

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