She does this because her books are typically first person narrations of male teenagers malone. He and dally were able to save all of the children, but johnny died later on in the hospital. With dally i think that his parents not wanting him he became the way he is so that he could get his parents to notice him. Summary that cherry valance is acting as a spy for the greasers shocks ponyboy and johnny, but then they learn that bob, the dead soc, had been her boyfriend. Ponyboy begins to understand johnnys hero worship of dally. I thought, and couldnt think of any real good reason. He breaks dally s ribs after dally slashed his tires. After knowing dally for 3 years, skye has fallen hard for him, but he only sees her as one of the boys. At least that was what dally told me, and it wasnt often that he lied, unless you are counting what he says when he gets hauled in by the fuzz.
I think this because when your parents dont care about you, it makes you feel unwanted. What is dallys personality from the outsiders answers. Dallas winston, called dally not to be confused with ponyboys brother darry, is the most striking character of the gang 1. Plus, i had met dally s parents, and they seemed the type. Her parents refused to let her marry sodapop because of his age, so sandy left to live with her grandmother. Dec 27, 2019 this is the way ponyboy feels towards his eldest brother, darry, at the beginning of the novel. Dally is there for them, giving pony, literally, the coat off his own back. Dallas dally winston was a greaser, the tritagonist of the outsiders, and a. Yes i think that dally s parents have had a huge impact on the way he is. The outsiders was originally a book written in the 1960s by a fifteen year old girl, s. The phone rang, and after a moment s hesitation, darry turned from me to it.
Hintons the outsiders, johnny died a hero because he ran into a burning church, without thinking twice, to save young children he had never met before who were stuck inside. While johnny and ponyboy inhale many rounds of food. This book is almost like a retelling of west side story, with slighly younger characters. They are good if we recognize where they came from and if we treat. There are a few other members of their gang, including dally and johnny. Johnny worships him because he is frighteningly real. He is very angry at the whole world, and has been in trouble with the police more or less all the time since he was 10. Jan 09, 2020 this collection of the outsiders quotes will inspire you to always stay gold despite your difficulties even if the odds are against you. Dallas was also treated poorly by his father which contributed to his toughness. Compare and contrast johnny and ponyboys in the outsiders.
Cherry spurns dallys rude advances, but ponyboy ends up speaking civilly. The outsiders paperback deckle edge, april 20, 2006. Despite dally being the aggressor in the situation, johnny justifies his actions in coming to dallys defense. Dally s twin sister karly runs away from her home and parents in new york and goes to tulsa, oklahoma. By the time we were finished reading the book a couple of parents. This is the case for johnny and dally in the outsiders, written by s. There isnt any real good reason for fighting except selfdefense. It may be a little violent, with murders and gang fights, but it is an overall very wonderful book. A slip of paper fell out on the floor and i pickedit up. What does cherry look like in the book the outsiders.
He is ponyboys least favorite member of the gang, and pony considers him tougher, colder, meaner. Johnny and pony turn to dally when they need help escaping after johnny kills bob. The colors of the countryside continue to comfort the boys. When she goes to tulsa she hopes to find her brother and reunit. Hinton drew fire from readers on twitter after she denied that two of the characters in her classic young adult novel the outsiders were gay. He figured dally knew more than he did, and dally s word was law. Dallas s parents do not care about him, and he does not care about them. Sherri valance is the beautiful cheerleader who asks ponyboy to sit with her at the drivein theatre in the outsiders. Both characters come from abusive and neglectful parents, and place very little value on their lives. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Pretend becky and jen influenced him to keep him out of jail. Hinton 151 ponyboy, i asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. What was dallys breaking point in the book outsiders. Ponyboy describes dally as something of a wild person. Mature language, mature themes and mentions of alcoholism. From the book the outsiders, what happened to dallys. To the gang, from dally, an outsiders fanfic fanfiction. Dally s spent three years on the wilder side of new york and was arrested at the ripe age of ten.
He is ponyboy s least favorite member of the gang, and pony considers him tougher, colder, meaner. Dally s parents could care less about him just like johnny with his parents. This was taken from the outsiders the complete novel. Dallass parents do not care about him, and he does not care about them. What i see in the bible, especially in the book of psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition that all good things on earth are gods, every good gift is from above. Dally is one of the oldest, and certainly the toughest. Also, i am such a failure for not updating in so long, sorry sob, sob lots of things have been happening and i just wasnt able to. Which piece of textual evidence supports the idea that johnny wanted his parents to care about him. The outsiders was written from which characters point of view.
This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging. In the books, dallas winston is said to have an elfish face with high cheekbones, a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. From the book the outsiders, what happened to dallys parents. Because his parents have died in a car accident, ponyboy lives with his brothers darry and sodapop. The world was a conflict between dally and the world because he thought that the world was out to get him. Hinton novel the outsiders, was the meanest of the greasers. We all did around nice girls who were the cousinly type.
Hinton uses her strategy of remaining gender anonymous by only using her initials. The outsiders is a 1983 film about a gang of tough, lowincome teens who battle their rivals, the socs socials, a gang of wealthier kids. Ponyboy is the main character and narrator of the beloved book, the outsiders. But johnny was the gangs pet, and dally just couldnt hit him. The unofficial leader of the greasers, he becomes an authority. Darry was a conflict between pony and his brother, because darry had to be a parent figure and pony just wanted to be a kid. He meant it when he said he didnt care about his parents. But he never heard dally s answer, for we had reached the top of jay mountain and dally suddenly slammed on the brakes and stared. Dally is mean, tough, and likes to fight, johnny is kind, sensitive, and a pacifist. Hinton wrote the outsiders when she was just a teenager. He gets drunk, gets arrested, rolls drunks, rides in rodeos, lies, cheats, steals, jumps small kids, and was thrown into jail at the age of ten. He s just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him. What does dally tell johnny about his parents in the outsiders.
And he knows that he can count on his friendstrue friends who would do anything for him, like. Johnny is more lawabiding than dally and when johnny died, he died a hero, unlike dally. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. Darry gives up the possibility of going to college and playing football so that he can take a job as a menial laborer and provide for their family. The outsiders pages 151 153 text version fliphtml5. Johnnys parents are abusivehis mother verbally, and his father physically. Pony runs out the door and meets up with johnny, expressing his anger at darrys increasing coldness in the wake of his parents recent deaths in a. In this lesson, we analyze his character traits and discuss his role in the story. Robert bob sheldon stabbed in the back by johnny with a switchblade to stop the gang members, the socs from drowning ponyboy. The socs and greasers fight because they are afraid of difference. He knows that he can count on his brothers, darry and sodapop.
Ponyboy curtis, a teenaged member of a loose gang of greasers, is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by socs, the greasers rival gang. One of the main themes is the conflict between social classes. They stop at a dairy queen and both boys eat nonstop. Dally merely looked at her and kept his feet where they were. The relationship between ponyboy, johnny, and dally in. When dally gives her and her friend, marcia, a hard time at the nightly. Do you think dallys parents have influenced the way he is. The novel mentions very little about his parents, so it seem like his parents did not care about him. Mar 15, 2010 dally used to live in new york and was part of many gangs until he moved to where ponyboy is and became friends with the greasers. Also sorry if this chapter originally confused a lot of you.
The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status. Dally used to live in new york and was part of many gangs until he moved to where ponyboy is and became friends with the greasers. Dally gets shot by police while the rest of the greasers rush to his rescue. Also, that it was worth saving those kids, even at the cost of his life. Dally s parents come back and they put their son in a very hard position and dallas makes a decision and it led him into living with the curtis s where darry has to lay down laws on his friend and dally does not like it at all. The only influence you might say they have is from not being around. Since their parents had died in a car crash before the events of the novel took place, darry now has legal guardianship over both ponyboy and his older brother sodapop, and he can avoid their being taken to a foster home provided they all stay out of trouble. Hinton is the author of a number of bestselling and beloved books for young adults, including that was then, this is now. He helped the other two kids on saving the children from the mysterious church fire and injured his arm badly.
The outsiders dally, susan eloise hinton also known to be bugging to so girls earlier that night. Much like game of thrones, her halfcenturyold ya book is a magnet for amateur spinoffs. I went on reading, almost hearing johnnys quiet voice. The novels fourteenyearold narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. I realize dally was supposed to just get out of the slammer when the book began, but just roll with it. They head down the mountain with dally at the wheel doing 85 miles per hour. The outsiders is a great book about a gang of friends who deal with some very big problems, and a great moral. In the beginning of the book they introduce all the primary characters like ponyboy, sodapop, darry, johnny, twobit, dally, and steve randle. Dallas dally winston cliffsnotes study guides book.
They both have parents who do not care about them and they both do not value life. The outsiders is one of the first novels to focus on people from the other side of the tracks. Ponyboy likes his escapes from life his books, clouds, and sunsets but dally isnt like the heroes in ponys books. Hinton and later turned into a movie around the year 1980.
I dont know how to explain itwe try to be nice to the girls we see once in a while, like cousins or the girls in class. However, the outsiders is one example of a book and movie that have same and different aspects. I sat here at my desk, thinking of johnny and dally. Hinton had a major impact on young adult fiction harris.
Jun 18, 2016 dally gets shot by police while the rest of the greasers rush to his rescue. Youd better leave us alone, the redhead said in a bitter voice or ill call the cops. The outsiders 50th anniversary edition kindle edition by s. Pony was a internal conflict about pony trying to figure out who he is. Ponyboy concludes that loyalty is paramount and expected when you are in a gang. Johnny refuses to see his mother when she comes to visit him in the hospital, and he takes his parents treatment of him personally as would most people. Dally is described as tougher than the rest of ustougher, colder, meaner ch. Dally on the other hand had very little mentioned about his parents, but from what the book said dally had been in jail several times. The outsiders movie and movie differences 959 words. If dallys dallas winston s parents have influenced him, we certainly do not see any evidence of it.
Dally winston had been in gangs in new york city before joining the greasers. Because of this misinformation, dally tells johnny and ponyboy that it is safe to go out for a drive and get some food. She has also written several picture books, a collection of short stories, and a novel for adults. According to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. Dallas dally winston was a greaser, the tritagonist of the outsiders, and a member of the gang. Ponyboys literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. If dally s dallas winston s parents have influenced him, we certainly do not see any evidence of it. Comingofage stories like the outsiders leave a lasting impression in our minds perhaps because they poignantly describe how young people go through their journey from innocence to the stark realities of life. E hinton wrote this book when she was in high school because she was friends with gang members and she would get upset by how they were treated. Cherry is both offended and intrigued by her encounter with dally winston at. Book one bella the story from bellas point of veiw, book two jacob from jacobs point of veiw and book three bella again from bellas point of. The relationship between ponyboy, johnny, and dally in s.
Soda fought for fun, steve for hatred, darry for pride, and twobit for conformity. A similar frustration can be sensed in hintons decisive smackdowns of any idea that outsiders characters might be gay. The novel was first published in 1967 and has become a classic that is still widely read today. I sighed, and took out a paper and a pen, labeling it the outsiders. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Rumble fish, tex, and of course, the outsiders, which was written when she was just 16 years old. Darrel, known as darry, is a twentyyearold greaser who is raising ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash. Compare and contrast johnny and dally in the outsiders bartleby.
But he and the rest of the gang knew johnny cared and did everything they could to make it up to him. It pains me to love you a dallas winston love story the outsiders skye johnson and johnny cade have two things in common abusive parents, and a fondness for dallas winston. She has received the nickname cherry because of her long red hair, which she occasionally wears pinned up. Dally didnt like haircuts nor hair oil, so his almost whiteblonde hair likely platinumblonde fell over his forehead in wisps. The outsiders book series list of deaths wiki fandom. Ponyboy likes sketching dally when he is in a dangerous mood 1. Because his parents have died in a car accident, ponyboy lives with his brothers darry. In the books, dallas winston is said to have an elfish face with high. If dally had said yes, johnny would have gone back to the church without hesitation. Oh, my, my, dally looked bored youve got me scared to death. Dally got up and stalked off, his fists jammed in his pockets and a frown on his face. But ponyboy is pretty sure that hes got things figured out. Dally didnt like haircuts nor hair oil, so his almost whiteblonde hair fell over his forehead in wisps. Hintons novel the outsiders, two greasers who go by the name of johnny and dally are far from alike.