Dally In The Outsiders

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“If something beefed him, he didn’t keep quiet about it, and if you rubbed him the wrong way-look out” this is used to describe Dally from the book “The Outsiders”. “The Outsiders” is a book about the Greasers vs. Socs in Tulsa and was written by S.E. Hinton. In the book, there are 3 characters that are mostly focused on for character development. One of these characters is Dally. In the book, he tries to help with 2 other main characters with running away from a murder. Dally is considered “tough”, by his gang. But he says being tough isn’t a good thing. Since Dally says this himself, that means that his toughness isn’t a good thing.

Dally’s toughness also has caused him other traits of his personality. One of these affected traits is his

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