The Outsiders is a book about a boy named Ponyboy who gets mixed up in a murder case while living the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers. The two gangs have hated each other for the majority of their lives. When Johnny, Pony’s friend, kills the Soc named Bob, they turn to Dallas Winston, or Dally for short. In the end of the story Johnny passes away after saving children from the burning church. Shortly after, Dally commits suicide by pulling a gun on police, revealing that Johnny was the one thing he loved. However, the story would have played out very differently if Dally had not taken this path. If Dally had survived, Ponyboy would have reacted differently to the situation he was currently in. For example, in the book he was extremely upset at the fact that both Dally and Johnny died but if Dally hadn’t died, it would not have been as extreme on Pony. He might not have had to think about Dally dying and suffering from Johnny’s death. He would also have delivered Johnny’s message to Dally. This would have dramatically changed the course of the story as Ponyboy might have asked Dally to help him get through the tough time and he wouldn’t have to rely on Darry. This could also make Pony lose interest in the assignment from …show more content…
They might have been aggrivated that Dally was upset all the time but they would help him get through it. He we eventually go on with his life so he could feel happier by going to parties like he used to. Although the Greasers would most likely help him get through this tough time, his life would only get more depressing due to his only love dying. He would also probably get into more rumbles with the Socs, and become more agressive each time. His life would become a wreck and he would ultimately be upset at reality. The Greasers might stop hanging out with Dally due to his depression. If not, he would try to stay tough even though inside he would be
Everyone knew not to mess with him. He wasn’t able to love anything or anyone. According to the text on page 19, “I had a sick feeling that Dally was up to his usual tricks, and I was right. He started
This details shows us Dally understood what he got himself into and didn’t have a great mind set at the
Dally was of the breed that could take anything, because he was hard and tough, and when he wasn’t, he could turn hard and tough.” (page 88.) It proves he was wild because he doesn’t seem to be the type of person to share his thoughts so that he hides them in a tough facade and makes improper decisions to go along with the facade. Ponyboy’s assumptions about Dallas being hard, tough, and most likely inappropriate make Dallas’s thoughts
The Outsiders Ponyboy and Sodapop and Darry are brothers who belong in a gang called the Greasers The brothers consider their gang members Steve Randle, Two-Bit, Dally Winston, and Johnny Cade to be family. After their parents are killed in a car accident.The Socs (the other gang).The class people from the east side.The greasers are known for their long and greasy hair it's dangerous for them to walk alone because it make it easy for them to get attacked.Cherry Valance (the soc) becomes friends with Ponyboy and Johnny.Bob boyfriends with Cherry attacks Ponyboy and Johnny after finding them hanging out with Cherry and Mrica at the movies.Johnny had to kill Bob because if he didn't ponyboy would have been drowned.After the accident they run
As a result of his choice, he was quickly chased by the police and shot down in front of his gang. Ponyboy was very shocked after seeing Dally die as revealed by the author when she states, “Nothing we can do… not for not Dally or Johnny or Tim Shepard or any of us… My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice” (152-153).
By the end of chapter 6, I realized Darry truly cares about Ponyboy. Ponyboy said,“Suddenly I realized, horrified,
Dally would have been mad at pony so Johnny
“The Outsiders” is by far one of my favorite books of all time. I think it’s a great story that tells about how a fourteen-year-old boy overcomes many challenges and learns how to get through each of them individually. “The Outsiders” is a story about a boy named Ponyboy that lives with his two older brothers, and they have a group of friends, called the Greasers. One day Pony gets upset with his older brother, Darry, and goes to a park with his friend Johnny to calm down. At the park, a group of kids, called Socs, come and start drowning Pony. Johnny gets scared and doesn’t know what to do so he kills one of the Socs. Soon after, Pony and Johnny decide to run away so they wouldn’t have to deal with
After Johnny killed Bob, Dally helped Ponyboy and Johnny run away, as criminals, to an abandoned church in the middle of nowhere. “Dally walked us back to the door,
The Outsiders is a novel written by Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S.E Hinton. The setting of the story takes place in the 1960s. The Outsiders is written in first person view, by Ponyboy Curtis. The story revolves around the greasers and Socs. The Socs are the west side rich kids, they wrecked houses and “threw beer blasts for kicks”. While the Greasers were the east side kids, they “drove old souped-up cars, held up gas stations and had gang fights once in a while.” One of the conflicts the characters face is man vs man, which is because the greasers and Socs don’t get along, this is because they feel superior to each other. They both had different ways of lives, they did different things for fun, and they did not understand each other. This conflict was later resolved towards the end of the story when Ponyboy speaks to Randy about no longer fighting after Bob’s death.
Dally wanted to die because johnny had died from the beam that had fallen on him when he was trying to help the little kids. Had he of not gone in the burning house he probably would have lived. But knowing Johnny he had to help. So all in all he died while trying to save someone in a house, burning with hot scorching flames that would probably burn anything in its way. I think he forgot to think about that he didn’t have to die right then to be with Johnny to know that he could be with him because Johnny would always be with him even though while in heaven. He was mainly focused on the fact that his best pal was now gone and somewhere where he could not see him at the time. So he committed suicide by going to a gas station and robbing the
The Outsiders was about the greasers and the Socs. The Socs always jump the greasers, one day Johnny fights back, he ends up killing Bob. Johnny and Ponyboy run away to a church and hide until Dally comes and gets them. They then see the church was burning, Ponyboy and Johnny run into it to save the kids inside. Johnny and Dally get injured, Ponyboy is okay. The greasers win the rumble, the Socs will stay out of the greasers territory, Johnny passes away from his injuries, Dally robs a store, the police shoot him, and he does not survive the shots. In the end Ponyboy decides to regather his life and he starts with writing his theme for his ELA class. The book The Outsiders book, the
Dally planned for himself to die from the cops. I don't think that this was a good choice because he really changed the end of the story. If Dally didn’t die, the story would have changed a lot. All of these things would really change the story a lot. Dally did a lot to help the greasers and it wouldn’t be the same without
“The Outsiders”, by S.E. Hinton, is centered around Ponyboy’s path to maturity and the life lessons he learns along the way. The novel follows Ponyboy, a greaser, and his gang’s conflict with the Socials, a rival gang. In it, he learns to not judge people hastily and reject gang mentality. Ponyboy also loses his innocence. The following paragraphs will explore his growth throughout “The Outsiders”.
Besides his protective attitude, he is also very emphatic when he joined Pony at the hospital. They went to visit Johnny right before he died to say goodbye. Dally had told him that they won the rumble and that he was still a hero. He then told Johnny, “‘We’re all proud of you, buddy.’ Johnny’s eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted”(148). This demonstrates his genuine character by how much compassion and sincerity is in his voice. He tells Johnny he’s proud of him, but he truly means it, not just as a way for him to pass happy. In other words, Dally is genuine in many ways, such as when Pony, Johnny, and Dally were on their way back to the church. Johnny had just decided to turn himself in, but Dally disagreed even after Johnny tried to convince him. He knew what would happen to him if he went to jail: “‘Johnny, I ain’t mad at you. I just don’t want you to get hurt. You don’t know what a few months in jail can do to