Character Analysis Of Dallas Winston In 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

Johnny has an abusive family and he has both a mom and a dad.  His family keeps hitting him and he likes that because he wants to get noticed and that is how he gets noticed.  His life accomplishments are being with the Greasers and saving all the kids from the burning church.  Saving all those kids from the burning church is a life accomplish because those kids were going to die if he wasn’t going to the burning church to save them.  Being with the Greasers is another life accomplish because if he never meant the greasers he would've killed himself or worse.

In the book The Outsiders, Dallas Winston is a hero, but he is not a typical hero. Robbing stores, getting in fights, and getting drunk is what Dally is usually doing when he is not with the boys. Dally has a bad reputation around the neighbourhood and he is always getting himself into trouble. As if doing all that is not bad enough, being a greaser makes it a whole lot worse. Greasers are the lowest class in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They wear old clothes, wrecked cars, and live in the poor part of town. Although all of that may make one think that he is not a hero, he is a hero. Dallas is not a hero to just anyone, but he is to the people he really cares about and loves. When Dallas Winston really cares about someone he will fight for them until the end. Dallas has lots of courage

In his ten years of living with her, he was abused, mentally and physically. He would get whipped, cut, beaten, shot, unfed, etc. then the children were not any better in the neighborhood. They would pick on him, insult him and his mother, beat him when he was alone. But there was one person who was there for him, that person was Officer Malley Jones. He was a well respected officer, and that went especially for Johnny, as one day when the other children were ganging up on Johnny, all

The author writes, “Johnny’s eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted” (148). Johnny’s reaction is priceless. Out of the entire greaser gang, Johnny and Dally’s relationship is the strongest and most significant. When Johnny needs Dally the most, he is his staunchest supporter. In return, Johnny gives back the same, if not more, amount of affection to Dally. When Dally and Johnny die, Ponyboy makes a list of realizations. Ponyboy thinks, “But I remembered Dally pulling Johnny through the window of the burning church; Dally giving us his gun, although it could mean jail for him; Dally risking his life for us, trying to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (154). It is clearly proven that ‘tough’ Dallas Winston makes a substantial effort to make Johnny’s life better. If Dally would not make the effort for Johnny, then Johnny would have to experience life worse than it already is. Since Dally thinks of Johnny almost like a little brother, it would hurt Dally to see Johnny experience that kind of pain. Dally and Johnny are bonded by these similarities, but they are also bonded through their differences.

The Outsiders is a novel written by a then 15 year-old by the name of S.E. Hinton. The tale of social divides revolves around a group of six teenage “greasers”. One of these greasers is Dallas “Dally” Winston. The greasers are the poor and underprivileged in society. The greasers as a group are in a constant struggle against the socialites, the high point of society, who are referred to as “socs”. Dally Winston is among the worst of them in terms of respect for the law. “He had quite a reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids--he did everything.”(11). Dally is said to have lived in New York for three years and had been arrested at the young age of 10. His behavior seems wild and unexplainable, but it can be deciphered through the means of Erikson’s theory on the stages of development, and Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.

Johnny's home life was horrible, and he was always scared to go home. He was in constant fear after the “Socs” beat him up, which is one reason Johnny had killed Bob. He was terrified his friend would die and wanted to protect him, with what we know. When Johnny was saving the little kids from the church fire, it shows that he wants to protect people and is willing to risk his life to help save others, no matter the cost. Just because Johnny suffers severe abuse and most people turn into abusers when growing up in a house like that doesn't have to make him one of those people.

Have you ever wondered about the character Dallas Winston from the book The Outsiders? Wondered what he did and what he was like? Now is your chance. The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two groups that have a rivalry against each other. Dallas Winston is a violent, wild, and bitter kind of guy.

Firstly, Dallas Winston was an older delinquent in the greaser gang who many considered hardened. Dally could be described through the song“Silence” by Marshmello featuring Khalid. Parts of the song read, “Loving never gave me a home,” and “Never felt a feeling of comfort.” First and foremost, Dallas was a very violent person who’d been jailed several times for his crimes. Before the fire, he told Johnny, “‘You get hardened in

Living the way that Johnny did, he did something great in his life. He didn’t deserve to die, but he died a hero and not everyone in the town where the greasers lived agree. Johnny lived in a world where he was probably scared every time he walked around town and that flat out sucks. He didn’t have the best family life, but he had Dally and that was pretty great because Dally loved Johnny. “Why can I take it when Dally can’t? And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone.” (Hinton pg. 152).

In this important letter, the author reveals that Johnny realized his life was not worth much, so he wanted to help the people in the fire out of the church when he saw the fire to save the lives of children worth more than him, and he can die knowing that he did some good in his life and not be just worthless by caring for others. The evidence in the book and the indirect characterization by Hinton shows that Johnny is an IB caring

He sacrifices himself to save his friends and innocent children, and also shows no regret for it, despite losing his own life, shown in his dialogue ‘It’s worth saving those kids, their lives are worth more than ours’ (page 216) This demonstrates that he no longer fears death and that he feels that his life was not wasted because he saved the children. Johnny also ran into the church with Ponyboy, demonstrating that he would do anything at the side of his friends. This helps the reader to understand many of the key themes in the novels, as it shows that the bond that the gang shares is stronger than any other bond they

In what way can two people that have grown up with the same lifestyle be so different but at the same time so similar. It seems unrealistic. However, in S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters with such characteristics exist. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are two greasers that at similar because they both place little value on their lives and have parents who don’t give them the attention they need. Despite the similarities these two have, Dally and Johnny have their own divergence from each other such as giving different advice and getting in trouble with the law. Thus, their lifestyle and way of living Jonny Cade and Dallas Winston have some unique differences and strong similarities.

Johnny Cade comes from a broken home, his dad hits him, his mom does not care about Johnny, the only thing he has are his friends, the greasers. Ponyboy, one of his closest friends, is talking about everyone in the gang and when he came to Johnny he said, “Johnny had it awful rough at home”(4). Johnny unlike everyone else in the gang, except Dally, does not have someone in his family that truly cares for him. This affects him because it makes him upset that his parents do not care for him. If Johnny did not have it so hard at home, he would be more content and joyful, and even less scared. Johnny is a little bothered that his parents did not ask about Johnny so Dally goes on and says, “‘my old man don’t give a hang whether i’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter’” (88). When Dally is 10, he gets arrested and is on the streets of New York, which shows how little Dally’s father cares about him. Maybe if his father did care, Dally would be more kind and caring, and like Johnny, more joyful. If Dally’s dad cared, he may still be living with his parents and would not be a greaser. Dally and Johnny are

Through his life, he has been abused by both of his parents, with no adult guidance except for the older kids in the neighborhood. Inside the book of ‘The Outsiders,’ it stated that, “ … Johnny banged up

While Johnny lay on his deathbed he writes his final act of heroism. In Johnny’s last breaths, he writes a letter to Pony. Pony read the letter from Johnny, “It’s worth saving those kids. There lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” (Hinton 178). Basically, he said saving the kids was worth the pain, and that he feels that their lives are worth more than his. This act of heroism shows that Johnny is not afraid of dying and he is willing to save others even if he doesn’t personally know