How can two boys with such similar lives, be so different in so many ways? How can two people who have grown up the same exact way, see the world in an opposite mindset? Well as for Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston, that is the issue. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Johnny and Dally both have awful parents, which causes them to place little value on their lives. Contrariwise, Johnny and Dally see the world differently, leaving the impression of people seeing them in different perspectives. Therefore, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston live with tremendous differences, along with noticeable similarities.
Both Johnny and Dally have neglectful parents that never seem to care where or how they are. At only age ten, Dallas is already in jail and part …show more content…
Dally Winston goes crazy the night Johnny dies. Even though losing a gang member is hard on the greasers, nobody else in the world seems to care. The juvenile delinquent is always living life the illegal way, which leaves a bad reputation on him. Ponyboy says, “Nobody would write editorials praising Dally. Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum” (154). Because of Dally’s harsh past life, Dally is a cold hard person that not many people like . Aside from Dally, poor Johnny dies that night as well. Dying that night is okay for Johnny. In the letter Johnny writes Ponyboy, it says, “‘It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. Some of their parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it’” (178). Johnny risks his life for others, which lets him rest in peace as a hero. All of the parents of the little kids will forever see Johnny as the boy who saved the kids. Even though two people die that night, one dies with a bad reputation, and the others legacy will live on as a …show more content…
After the rumble, Ponyboy and Dallas are going to see Johnny before he dies. Dally is on the verge of losing his mind, and he tells Pony, “‘If he’d got smart like me he’d never have run into that church. That’s what you get for helping people . . . You’d better wise up Pony . . . you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt”’ (147). Dallas can not realize there are other ways to live life, rather than the illegal way. Dally believes that when someone does something good in the world, only bad karma comes back around. Conversely, Johnny gives Ponyboy advice in his letter he wrote in the hospital. Johnny wants to tell Ponyboy that he should keep living the way he already is. Johnny writes, “‘When you’re a kid everythings new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be”’ (178). Johnny says to keep everything new, the way he likes it. Liking the sunset is good from Johnny and Ponyboy’s point of view. Due to different past experiences, Johnny and Dally give Ponyboy contrasting advice.
In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are noticeably similar, with crucial differences. Dally and Johnny both were raised on the wrong side of town, which explains their personal and family issues. However, both put a different perspective on the world when one
Both Johnny and Dally have neglectful parents that never seem to care where or how they are. At only age ten, Dallas is already in jail and part …show more content…
Dally Winston goes crazy the night Johnny dies. Even though losing a gang member is hard on the greasers, nobody else in the world seems to care. The juvenile delinquent is always living life the illegal way, which leaves a bad reputation on him. Ponyboy says, “Nobody would write editorials praising Dally. Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum” (154). Because of Dally’s harsh past life, Dally is a cold hard person that not many people like . Aside from Dally, poor Johnny dies that night as well. Dying that night is okay for Johnny. In the letter Johnny writes Ponyboy, it says, “‘It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for. Some of their parents came by to thank me and I know it was worth it’” (178). Johnny risks his life for others, which lets him rest in peace as a hero. All of the parents of the little kids will forever see Johnny as the boy who saved the kids. Even though two people die that night, one dies with a bad reputation, and the others legacy will live on as a …show more content…
After the rumble, Ponyboy and Dallas are going to see Johnny before he dies. Dally is on the verge of losing his mind, and he tells Pony, “‘If he’d got smart like me he’d never have run into that church. That’s what you get for helping people . . . You’d better wise up Pony . . . you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt”’ (147). Dallas can not realize there are other ways to live life, rather than the illegal way. Dally believes that when someone does something good in the world, only bad karma comes back around. Conversely, Johnny gives Ponyboy advice in his letter he wrote in the hospital. Johnny wants to tell Ponyboy that he should keep living the way he already is. Johnny writes, “‘When you’re a kid everythings new, dawn. It’s just when you get used to everything that it’s day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be”’ (178). Johnny says to keep everything new, the way he likes it. Liking the sunset is good from Johnny and Ponyboy’s point of view. Due to different past experiences, Johnny and Dally give Ponyboy contrasting advice.
In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are noticeably similar, with crucial differences. Dally and Johnny both were raised on the wrong side of town, which explains their personal and family issues. However, both put a different perspective on the world when one