Do you consider Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally heroes? Have you ever read a book called The Outsiders? If you have, one may consider Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy a hero. Some people think that Dally wouldn’t be a hero because of his bad deeds throughout his life. Ponyboy, Dally, and Johnny are considered heros. Dally is a hero for two reasons. One, he saved Johnny and Ponyboy from the police when Johnny had killed a Soc.(page 82-83, S.E. Hinton). And two, he tried to save Johnny from the church fire. (page 51, S.E. Hinton). This proves Dally is a hero because instead of not saving Johnny and Ponyboy from getting in jail he could have let the police find them. And instead of not helping Johnny in the church fire he could have just let Johnny
Dally isn’t afraid to get into fights, get beaten up by other people, and he even wasn’t afraid of going to jail. Dally helps Ponyboy with things he needs to take care that are not related to school. Dally helps Ponyboy when he gets into a fight with the Socials and helps him take of things that Ponyboy can’t take care of by himself.
One similarity between Dally and Johnny, is that they both have extremely neglectful parents. Throughout the story, Dally never once mentions his mother, which shows how little of a role she plays in her son’s life. Moreover, the only time Dally mentions
Dally may have had a rough life, but in the end, he died a hero. Some people that because he committed suicide that he was a bad person and was just a coward but there is more to it. He risked going to jail himself when he helped out Pony boy and Johnny escape the law. He also saved Pony and Johnny when they were waiting for him in the church and it caught fire. He sacrificed himself for other people because he was a hero.
A very important comparison Dally and Johnny have is their parents. Johnny’s parents do not care about him. Johnny parents fight or just ignore each other. Ponyboy says,
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
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.
Not only did he care about Johnny but he risked his life to save him and in the end lost his life after being pushed past the limit in having to deal with the grief of losing Johnny. In the same ways Dally is not completely changed for example Dally does not show much interest in saving the little kids from the fire—but he does not hesitate to try to save Johnny. This proves that Dally only opened himself up to Johnny.
...inks he is more important than anything else and will not even think about going out of his way to do anything nice for anyone or anything. Both Johnny and Dally’s similarities and differences balance each other out.
If Ponyboy is a hero with sympathy in mind than his friend Johnny is a hero with sympathy in action. The first time Johnny showed his sympathy is when Dally harass the Socs girls, Cherry and Marcia. Johnny bravely stand up to Dally to everyone’s surprise. In the novel, the dialogue of Johnny and Dally showed Johnny’s
When we first introduced to Dally by Hinton we learn that as a youth he served time in a New York for a murder charge. This made Dally the most paradoxical person in the story, you never knew if Dally would snap and beat you senseless or if he would protect you. But we soon learn that after witnessing Johnny’s death in the hospital Dally turned out more psychologically unstable. Thus, Dally chose suicide-by-cop. This was because Dally felt responsible for not protecting Johnny in life and felt that perhaps he could protect him in death. Both young men felt hero-worship for each other. Johnny looking to Dally for his devil-may-care attitude and Dally looks up to Johnny for his individuality and
Dally and Johnny are similar in a way of knowing what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. There is no love coming from Dally’s home, which is why he does some reckless things. The neglect he faces at home affects his ability to love others. His parents do not interact with him and Dally states, “‘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). Dally’s
A quote I would say that supports my answer is "I was crazy, you know that kid? Crazy for wantin' Johnny to stay outta trouble, for not wantin' him to get hard. If he'd been like me he'd never have been in this mess. If he'd got smart like me he would have never run into that church. That's What you get for helping people."(147) Mainly this describes how much dally cares for Johnny. How if Johnny would have been a little meanier and stronger he wouldn't be dying. "We ran through the lobby and crowded past people into the elevator. Several people yelled at us, I think because we were so racked-up looking, but Dally had nothing on his mind but Johnny." (147) This quote shows he cares for johnny and he doesnt want anything to every happen to him , and right niw he's in a rock in a hard place because he knows whats going to happen to johnny."Tell dally it's worth it.Im just going to miss you guys. Ive been thinking aboit it, that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when your a kid, like green. When you're a kideverythings new, dawn. Its just when you get used to everything that its day. Like the wsy you dig sunsets, pony.
When Johnny and Pony killed Bob, Dally covered for them and had them go hide out in the church until the cops were gone. Also, when Pony and Johnny went into the burning church to save the kids, Dally put out the fire that was on Pony’s back and he attempted to save Johnny. Johnny was heroic because he killed Bob when he was trying to kill him and Pony. Also, he was heroic because he went into the burning church to save the kids. Without Johnny doing that, the kids would’ve been burned to death or gotten seriously hurt. In conclusion, Dall is heroic because he helped Johnny out in the police situation, and Johnny is heroic because he saved the
There is a hero in us all. A hero is someone who risks their own life to save or do good for others. Ponyboy is a hero because he risked his life to save children from a burning church. Johnny is a hero even though he killed someone it was to save his friend’s life but he also saved children from a burning church. Dally has been arrested, picks fights, and drinks, but when it comes to the people he is close with he has his soft spots for them. All bad boys have a good side.
Johnny and Dally are both very contrasting characters and each play a vital role in both the novel and Ponyboy’s life. Johnny is a soft character who is regarded as the stereotypical Greaser. Dally is a rugged and rough character that is regarded as a hoodlum. Therefore, I believe that this paper has been able to answer the topic question and also support my thesis.