Do people have to be similar in order to be friends? In the story “The Outsiders” Johnny and Dally are close as friends and have certain similarities, but they also have their differences. Family wise, both characters are similar but their personalities are polar opposites. Dally is tougher while Johnny is more sensitive. Johnny looks up to Dally, and Dally sees Johnny as a little brother and that’s what makes their connection so special; and even though they do not get much love from their parents
Dally was on his way back from visiting Johnny at the hospital. This was the night Johnny had died. Darry said, “He’s just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him”(153). This shows Dally is brave because he did not care about the consequences even though he knew what they would be. This also shows his braveness because he was by himself. This adds on to another example of Dally’s braveness. Dally had just reached for the gun he wasn’t supposed to be carrying: “I remembered his voice I been
During the church fire, a falling timber hits Johnny, Dally runs in to save him, he runs into a collapsing building without any second thought, and risks his life to save Johnny. Dally a criminal who has had many run-ins with the law, yet when given the choice he become a hero by rescuing Johnny. Dally especially loves Johnny. After the Greasers won the rumble he rushed to the hospital to notify Johnny. Johnny didn’t try to grin at him “Useless... Fighting’s no good...” (page
the weapon.” Johnny Cade from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton was unfortunately on the wrong end. It is conveyed throughout the book that Johnny killed Bob is an act of self-defense, yet a murder is a murder no matter what the motive behind it was. Johnny is guilty because he fled the scene of crime, he has twice owned illegal weapons and he killed someone. One reason Johnny was guilty was that he ran away after he killed Bob and the other socs ran away. After Johnny and Ponyboy got over the initial
the main characters, Dally Winston was caused by several events. After saving the lives of a group of children Johnny dies putting Dally into grief. This leads Dally to rob a store. After he robs the store Dally is chased by the police and in a panic, pulls out an unloaded gun and is shot by the police. The most significant event that leads to Dally’s demise was Johnny’s death. Johnny had died after a piece of burning timber had fallen on him while he was trying to save a group of kids. “ A piece
turned around i saw a familiar face. “Johnny?” I shouted. “Zells ? What are you doing here ?” he asked. “ I do not know i just woke up.” I replied. “Same here i was back there for a while and then figured out a way to get out using my panasonics.” johnny said. Panasonics is what he called his new invention they were a pair of shades with a built in computer that could do some crazy shit, they came with a pair of wireless headphones that communicated with his shades. “What happened to you?” I
opinion, Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and Dallas (Dally) Winston are the most important characters in the ‘The Outsiders’. Ponyboy is the protagonist and narrator of the movie. The movie is portrayed through Ponyboy’s perspective throughout the movie. Even if the movie had the same plot, a different point of view would change the movie drastically. Ponyboy’s decisions heavily influences the plot. For example, Ponyboy stayed in the lot with Johnny after the movie then got into trouble for staying
Ponyboy Stay Gold as Johnny took his last breath¨. The book is about two sides not liking each other. The Socs which are the rich side drive around in new Mustangs and stay drunk half the time, and cause trouble. The Greasers have trouble with some stuff. There are three conflicts in this story that i’m going to tell you about. The relationships with Ponyboy and Darry are that they disagree on some stuff. If ponyboy don't do something right darry gets on to him. The reason his brother does this is
characters, Dally verses society, and Johnny verses outside forces to convey the theme that violence causes more problems than it solves. Throughout the novel, the violence that surrounds Ponyboy contributes to several major problems in the story. For example, when Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs his two older brothers argue; Sodapop says ‘“It ain’t his fault he likes to go to the movies, and it ain’t his fault the Socs
In the novel “ The outsiders” by SE Hinton, Johnny and Dally have many differences but also a few similarities. Sometimes friends can be very different but brought together by their similarities. How can two people be different but still be friends? Johnny and Dally have some similarities, one of them is both Johnny and Dally have bad, neglectful, abusive parents. Dally says,” My old man don’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead” (88). He says his father does not care about anything he does