The Outsiders TDA Rough Draft Jenna Walls What is a hero? In the book, The Outsiders, two characters Johnny and Dally are each other’s heroes and care for each other like Brothers. The book, The Outsiders, is a breath-taking book about two rival gangs whom go through difficult challenges to discover they have many more similarities than they thought. The characters, Dally and Johnny have a complex relationship, which can effect those around them and show how much they care for each other. Johnny saw Dally as not only as family but as his hero. In the story it says “ ‘We’re all proud of you, buddy.’ Johnny’s eyes glowed, Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny ever wanted.” This shows that Johnny was so happy because he …show more content…
In the book, Dally tells Johnny how he would not like Johnny to go to jail because he does not want Johnny to change. This shows that he loves Johnny too much for him to change from his innocent self. Dally says “We gotta win that fight tonight… We gotta get even with the Socs for Johnny.” This indicates Dally’s dedication to Johnny and his love for him because he is fighting for Johnny to get even with the Socs. The character Dally died a painful death for Johnny. He blasted his gun in the air knowing there were no bullets, hoping for the police to fire at him. This shows that Dally couldn’t handle the grief of losing Johnny and fell into an instant depression and died because he wanted the pain to go away. Dally has showed his love for Johnny so many different ways it really shows you a new side of him. The relationship between Dally and Johnny is very complex and shows to those around them how much they care for one another and only want the best for each other. Dally and Johnny were both amazing kids whose gangs do not even describe them. Their relationship has opened the eyes of a reader what a hero
Imagine a life where danger lurks in every corner, and there is no hope for a shooting star to appear. This is how Dally and Johnny,two characters from S.E Hinton’s, The Outsiders, live everyday. One welcomes this trouble while the other cowers away. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are two characters who although very different, have very similar characteristics.
Can some people so different be so a like? Can some people so alike be so different? Dally and Johnny are those two who are so different, but yet they are similar. In the book S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston come from two completely different backgrounds, and have completely different scruples. Yet, at the same time they are alike. Dally and Johnny’s parents both repudiate them, making Johnny and Dally mentally tough, and the boys do not value their lives. At the same time though they are different, Dally is stronger than Johnny. Though, Johnny has a soft heart and Dally would not even pay any attention if someone is dying right next to him.
Reason 2: Johnny is also innocent because he was just trying to save his friend drowning.
Could it be possible that two people, living so close as if they were brothers, to have tremendous differences as large as their similarities? It happens to two fictional characters from S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders. In the story there are significant differences and similarities between Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston. Some ways one may compare Johnny and Dally are they both have abusive parents who do not provide their children with the proper care or attention. Also, Cade and Winston place minimal values on their lives. A difference between the two characters is how Johnny obeys the laws, while Dallas deliberately breaks them. Another difference is Johnny and Dallas give Ponyboy Curtis different advice about how he should be and act. The book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, has a storyline which includes many ways how Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are dissimilar and alike.
The legendary quote “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold” from the renowned novel “The Outsiders” is something that I hope my children and grandchildren will have the privilege to know and understand. The Outsiders has a strong value of family and friendship. Throughout the book there are many satellite themes and issues. The book is known as a coming of age for adolescence. When I first read this book it was in my 8th grade Language Arts class. The first thing that came to my mind was “hey, isn’t that the movie with that Cruise guy”. I had no clue that the story of Ponyboy Curtis would touch my heart in such a way. I had been going through so much that year, I felt as if I was Ponyboy. Middle school starts were kids finally come to a realization of
The Fight for Family After everything else has gone to waste, what would happen if you turned to your family but they have been taken away? The novel The Outsiders is a novel by the author S.E. Hinton tells the story of 5 boys that have come together to form a small family. After the Curtis parents died, the fight for family has risen higher than ever. The Curtis and Matthew boys are like brothers, as conflicts arise, there are more that just keep on coming at them. The Greasers and the Socs go back and forth between fighting over women and men.
I understand that I am going to attempt to keep Johnny out of jail because what he had done in my perspective was self defense. This happened in The Outsiders book. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. New York: Viking, 1967. Print. I feel that you may think that Johnny is guilty of homicide because he had killed Bob during the evening by the park. He had not attempted to kill him, he was using self defence, as the novel had stated in chapter 4, Johnny warns the socs that showed up that they were in a part of town that they were not supposed to be in but the socs ignored the warning and still provoked the fight. Later in chapter 4 it also informs us that the socs were starting to drown Ponyboy so Johnny had used his switchblade without really meaning to kill anyone. Johnny has informed me that he and Ponyboy Curtis were walking in the park in the evening and that a vehicle had shown up and some boys had gotten out and threatened them. These boys had pulled out a knife and threatened to use it against them. One of the boys then started to assault Johnny and another attacked Ponyboy. The one attacking Ponyboy then decided to move him to a fountain and tried to drown him. When Johnny realized what they were doing he had turned to them and pulled out a knife and flung at them without meaning to kill Bob. But keep in mind that Bob was drowning Ponyboy so this act was used in defense. I feel that Johnny is innocent because he was using self defense, but he should not have ran from the crime scene. Another thing in chapter 4 was that a little while later when Ponyboy came conscious again Johnny said, "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. “They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up...." I found this informat...
In every novel, there are characters that you connect with, dislike, or make you have goosebumps. Who would you exterminate, have as your bff, or as your frenemy from “The Outsiders”? There are many characters like Steve Randle, Ponyboy Curtis, Dallas Winston, Darry Curtis, and Sodapop Curtis. Everyone has their own opinions, but there are reasons why they would be killed, befriended, or etc. The person who you would most likely exterminate is Steve Randall, the person who would be a frenemy is Dallas Winston, and who would be a bff is Sodapop.
Johnny was saying goodbye to Ponyboy. By saying “stay golden” he was telling Ponyboy to not be like everyone else, to be “good” and keep his child like wonder.
A hero, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary is “a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities”, or “one who shows courage”. Write an essay explaining why you believe each of the Greasers - Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally - could be considered a hero. Include your own definition of hero in the essay, and be sure to explain how each character, in his own way, meets your definition. Remember to support your ideas with examples.
“Here’s Johnny” (Kubrick) is one of the most famous lines in a movie. When you first think of The Shining you think of that line. So isn’t it funny that the most famous line in the movie was actually never written in the book? That “Here’s Johnny” is something that the actor, Jack Nicholas, ad-libbed while on set? That is the thing about movie adaptions: so much is changed from book to movie. There is so much leeway that the director and actors have that sometimes it like the movie and the book are two completely different things. Stanely Kubrick as both the screen play writer and director was able to take as many liberates as he pleased in the 1980 movie adaption of Stephen Kings book. But what really were some of the biggest changes besides “Here’s Johnny”? The Shining as a book and the Shining as a movie are almost so different that you can barely tell that they are the same thing.
After the people will talk show minny turns off the tv. Minny is mad at Dennis James for spreading lies about the book being about Jackson. Mister Johnny hires a gardener for extra protection after what happened with the naked man. The phone rings, Aibileen is worried that people will figure out the book being about Jackson, after what Dennis James hinted. Aibileen worries if Hilly doesn't read the book, and Minny tells her that whatever happens next would probably be for the best. Next morning Minny finds Johnny and Celia, Johnny so pale. Celia tells Minny that she told Johnny about the baby all the babies, Johnny is thanking Minny saying that he could have lost Celia without her there. Celia looks miserable, she found out that she can never
How can two people whose lives are so different have so much in common? How can a young man growing up with everything he could possibly want have anything in common with someone who has known only poverty and hardship his entire life? It seems impossible. However, in S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, there are two such characters. Dally Winston and Bob Sheldon are similar because both enjoy fighting and have parents who do not give them the attention they require. Yet, despite these similarities, Dally and Bob have dissimilar personalities and opposite financial situations. Therefore, Dally Winston and Bob Sheldon have enormous differences in their lives, but also significant similarities.
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Johnny and Dally are both major characters in the novel “The Outsiders” by SE Hinton. “The Outsiders” is a novel about friendship, rivalry, stereotypes, trust and family relationships set in the 1960’s of America. SE Hinton. Describes how two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers get to know each other’s problems in an exciting and nail-biting storyline. Johnny and Dally are both very contrasting characters and each play a vital role in both the novel and Ponyboy’s life.