Dallas Winston Quotes

“He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, rolled drunks, jumped small kids- he did everything”. My title of my book is the Outsiders By S.E Hinton. Dallas Winston is a violent character in the Outsiders. He lives rough live because he acts so violent. He steals and act dangerous against people. He likes to fight. In this paper, I will be showing a strength, a weakness, and two changes about Dallas Winston that he had.

As one watches, Dallas Winston demonstrate his traits. One brought to the reader's attention. One immediate strength that makes Dallas Winton stand out is he is protective. One quote that showed Dallas Winton was protective is “Here- he handed us a gun and a roll of bills- the guns loaded.” This show how he is protective over the people he loves. What was going on in the story, was Ponyboy and Johnny were getting money from Dally, because they just killed Bob. Here is another quote that shows Dallas Winston is protective. “Yeah,” Darry said with a proud grin. “You fight real good for a kid your size. But you were shape before. You’ve lost weight and don’t look so great, kid. You’re tensed up too much.” The Greasers except for johnny are fighting against the Socs. Johnny is in the hospital, …show more content…
Dallas has a weakness that helps the readers identify and bond with him. This is a quote that shows how Dally is violent. He had been arrested, he got drunk, had cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids- he did everything. This is what was happening during this time. Ponyboy was describing all the characters. This show how violent Dally is. Here is another quote about his weakness. “Dally swore at me clubbed me across the back as hard as he could and I went down into a peaceful darkness.” Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny, were saving kids from the fire, then Dally told him to get out, then pushed PonyBoy across the head for not listening. This shows how violent he is against