Darry (Darrel)
Introduction
Life isn’t fair. Darry was a good athlete and a strong student in high school. When his parents were killed in a car crash, he gave up his dream of going to college/university to go to work so that he can earn enough to keep what was left of his family together.
Darry didn’t have a good beginning but at least he has a family that cares for him. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Darry is hard-working, tough, and caring because he has a family to take care of and to support.
1st body paragraph - Darry is hard-working. Tends to work with energy and commitment;diligent.
Ponyboy thinks that Darry works too long and hard and Ponyboy is right. Darry tries hard to make enough money even though it means not spending enough time
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When Darry goes to work, he carries more than one bundle of supplies up the ladder.
Darry worked hard to earn a scholarship but then his parents died so he couldn’t get the scholarship.
2nd body paragraph - Darry is tough. Strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough or careless handling.
Darry’s family sometimes calls him Superman or Muscles because he is tough. He also got called “all brawn but no brain” (pg 109).
During the rumble, no one was going to start the rumble until Darry had courage to start the rumble. He was tough enough to say that he would fight on anyone (pg 142).
When Darry’s parents died, he didn’t cry like everyone else. “I (Ponyboy) hadn’t seen him (Darry) cry in years, not even when Mom and Dad had been killed” (pg 98).
3rd body paragraph - Darry is also caring. Displays kindness and concern for others.
When Ponyboy fell asleep in the parking lot, Darry was up all night waiting for him to come back home (pg 49). “Darry was in the armchair under the lamp, reading the newspaper.” “Well, it’s two in the morning, kiddo”
When Ponyboy was in the hospital Darry started crying because he cared for him (pg
Ponyboy would be better off with Darry because he is a good guardian and cares about what could happen to Ponyboy. “suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn’t make a noise but tears were running down his cheeks.I hadn’t seen him cry in years, not even when mom and dad had been killed (p.87). Darry did not cry when their parents died, but when he saw that Ponyboy was all right he cried, this shows that Darry cares a lot about Ponyboy. This also demonstrates that when Darry cried it
We can start by identifying barriers and creating a plan to work through them. We deal with everything that has been laid out, one step at a time. Kerrie was fortunate to live in a home where her father was present. He did not always make the best decisions, but he was present and as we see in the film, he loved her. They spent quality time together working on cars.
In Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying the story of the Bundren family’s struggle to bury their mother is told. Her death begins this tragic journey as the family makes their way to Jefferson. Darl Bundren, one of her children, attempts to care for the family and just wants to assuage their suffering but despite his altruistic intentions he is pushed away by his family. This makes Darl the tragic hero because he is sent away albeit for a good reason. His hamartia which may be his caring is what led to his downfall. It can be interpreted instead that Darl was descending into insanity because he laughs when his mother dies and he sees things even when he is not there. He also fits the characteristics of a tragic hero because he is anomalous from the others in many ways; he is the most common
After the ceremony was over, Ponyboy ran over to where his brothers and friends waited. Surprisingly, the first person he ran to and hugged was Darry.
In conclusion, Jewel and Darl are two very different people that each could have been seen as the protagonist in the story. It is the vulnerability of Darl because of his telepathic abilities that makes him the best protagonist.
Chris’s parents had only good intentions for him as every parent would for their child which is why they entered him into a gifted school. However all this opportunity never seemed...
In this case, talent can be and is represented by what you have been given and or your socioeconomic status, and if you don’t work hard, someone else who works hard should be given opportunities regardless of their “talent” or lack thereof. The Socs have been handed a lot and were born into the higher end of the socioeconomic spectrum and choose not to work hard. Darry, on the other hand, wasn’t handed a lot and was born on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, but he chose to work hard so he should have gotten a chance at a future. However, society judges promise on wealth and “talent”, neither of which Darry has. Darry works as a roofer, causing injury to himself, to ensure his own and his family’s survival. But as a Greaser, nothing he does matters, or even deserves to matter. He worked hard in school earning him a scholarship. Even more so, he balanced getting those good grades with being on the school football team. His hardwork and his balance between athletics and academia earned him a scholarship. But even with his scholarship, he couldn’t afford college. But, he didn’t give up. Then, in a fatal car crash, his parents die, removing any chance of him being able to go to college for at the very least the near future or more likely, the rest of his life. But that wasn't all. With his parents no longer around, he had to care for his
On page 51, after Darry slapped him because he came home late, he ran away to find Johnny. Later he mentions how he “ran for several blocks until (they) were out of breath. Then (they) walked. (he) was crying by then”. However, Ponyboy wasn’t crying because he hurt physically, he was crying because he hurt mentally that Darry would slap him. If anyone he didn’t care about slapped him, he wouldn’t feel hurt the way he did that night. Also, on page 98, there is confirmation that he cares about Darry. When he was in the hospital after the church fire, he see's Darry in the doorway. After a moment’s hesitation, he shouted “Darry”, then said, “and the next thing I knew I had him around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him.” He may have had mixed emotions about Darry, but it is evident that Pony truly cares about him. Dally is another example of someone he had mixed emotions about, but when he died, Ponyboy said, “My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice.” He thought he didn’t care about Dally, but when he died, Ponyboy realized how much he admired
Dally was hard, but this incident would eventually change him for the better. The only thing Dally loved, Johnny, gave Ponyboy words of advice for Dally, “Listen,
They go to a park and get jumped by a gang of Socs they had conflict with earlier that day. Ponyboy is held under the water of a fountain and to save his friend, uncharacteristically, Johnny stabs the leader, Bob, with a knife. Bob ultimately ends up dying right there next to the fountain. To escape the police, they run away to an old abandoned church with the help from Dally, another in their gang. They spend days there with only baloney, cards, and a copy of Gone with the Wind. Ponyboy says, “The next four days were the longest days of my life” (75). They both had to sleep on the hard, stone floor (67) with no blankets. When they ran away, it insists that they believed they had no choice and soon realized what a ghastly experience it would be. Spending their days on repeat, doing the same thing, eating the same thing, can become redundant. For them it was hard to stay inside the church even though fear kept them
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.
The book “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”, shows lots of people who put family first. One of those people are David Logan. David Logan cares a lot for his family. David Logan is Cassie’s dad and he is very wise. He cares a lot about his family and always knows how and when to do the right thing. He shows lots of responsibility in the book and always knows what to say.
How can two people who are so different have so much in common? How can a kid who went to jail at the age of ten have anything in common with some kid that does not have a record with the police. However, in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders there are two such characters. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are similar because there parents do not pay attention to them and the gang is their family. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are different because Dally likes fighting and Johnny does not. They are also different because Dally is the follows the laws the least and Johnny follows them the most. Therefore, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have similarities in their life but have a lot of differences.
Ponyboy talks about him as having ", an elfish face with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world. “He works as a jockey, and funnily doesn't rig his races; it's "the only thing Dally did honestly." Even though he is only seventeen years old, "the fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring." He set the stereotype for the greasers its scary to the others how scary he is. In the events when Johnny killed Bob dally helped out the boys and gifted them one handgun and $100. Ponyboy realizes the truth after Johnny's death. When he tries to make sense of Dally's reaction to Johnny's death, it dawns on him, "Johnny was the only thing that Dally
"He's as hard as a rock and about as human...he thinks I'm a pain in the neck. He likes Soda--everybody likes Soda--but he can't stand me” (42). This does show that Pony does not get along very well with Darry, however it shows that Ponyboy does get along well with Soda. Pony finds comfort in Soda when he fights with Darry. Sodapop helps tighten the three brother relationship.“ ‘We‘re all we got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don‘t have each other, we don‘t have anything. If you don‘t have anything, you end up like Dallas . . . and I don‘t mean dead, either. I mean like he was before. And that‘s worse than dead. Please’ ”- he wiped his eyes on his arm- “ ‘don‘t fight anymore’ ” says Soda (176). “ ‘Sure... sure little buddy, we ain't goin' to fight anymore’ ” Darry answers (176). This demonstrates that eventually Ponyboy and Darry stop