Dally In The Outsiders

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Dally is a character from The Outsiders. Dally has been living on the streets ever since he was 10 years old, he even went to jail for the first time when he was 10. The book that he is in is called The Outsiders and it’s written by S.E. Hinton. Dally is the angry/violent character in the book and everyone is scared of him and doesn’t want to get on his bad side. He robs places and he mugs people. Dally expresses anger because, he always gets in trouble, his dad doesn’t care about him, and he is jealous of the Socs having a better life than him. Dally is a troublemaker because he mugs people and he robs stores. “Dally blew off steam in gang fights.” Ponyboy says. Dally had quite a reputation… He’s gotten arrested many times and he’s gotten

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