How can two people whose lives are so similar be so different? It is not likely. However, Johnny and Dally have different outlooks on things such as fighting and the importance of the law. Yet both characters care about each other and place little value on life. Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade, characters from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, are both similar and different. Johnny and Dally are similar in ways one may not see. The way both Dally and Johnny place little value on life is an important one. Dally does not see his life as meaningful. His view of life is: it does not matter to anyone, whether he is dead or alive. Ponyboy begins to think about why Dally’s killing took place. “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to
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One can tell Dally cares for Johnny from the very beginning to the very end. After yelling at Johnny, Dallas begins to apologize: ‘“Johnny.” Dally said in a pleading high voice I had never heard him use before . . . . “I just don’t want you to get hurt . . . I don’t want that to happen like it did to me…”’ (90). Dally shows he really cares about Johnny by his tone of voice. Like Ponyboy says, he had never heard Dally talk like that to anybody. Likewise, Johnny feels the same way about Dally. Throughout the book, there are many hints that Johnny looked up to Dallas. He always thinks and says good things about Dally and tried to make Dally see things the same way. “Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony . . . I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He’ll probably think you’re crazy, but ask for me” (178). Johnny writes this in his letter to Ponyboy. He wants Dallas to change. To see the light instead of the dark. Johnny and Dally both care for each other deeply and want to change each other for the …show more content…
Dally likes fighting and Johnny does not. Dallas Winston grew up on the streets of New York and went to jail at the age of ten. Dally grew up fighting, it is a part of who he is. He never fails to miss a big fight. While Dally is in the hospital there is a big rumble going on at the vacant lot and Dally just cannot stand to miss it. ‘“Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?”’ (144). Dally is running to the fight scene with an injured arm. He escapes the hospital just to fight. On the other hand, Johnny hates fighting. He cannot stand the thought of fighting ever since his incident with the Socs. While Dally is out fighting at the rumble, Johnny is in the hospital. When Dallas and Ponyboy arrive to see him at the hospital to tell Johnny about their triumphant beating of the Socs. The two boys do not get the reaction they had hoped for. ‘“Useless… fighting’s no good…”’ (147). Johnny thinks the fact that the greasers beat the socs means nothing. He tells them that nothing will change between the two groups. The perspective of fighting is very different between the
One can tell Dally cares for Johnny from the very beginning to the very end. After yelling at Johnny, Dallas begins to apologize: ‘“Johnny.” Dally said in a pleading high voice I had never heard him use before . . . . “I just don’t want you to get hurt . . . I don’t want that to happen like it did to me…”’ (90). Dally shows he really cares about Johnny by his tone of voice. Like Ponyboy says, he had never heard Dally talk like that to anybody. Likewise, Johnny feels the same way about Dally. Throughout the book, there are many hints that Johnny looked up to Dallas. He always thinks and says good things about Dally and tried to make Dally see things the same way. “Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony . . . I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He’ll probably think you’re crazy, but ask for me” (178). Johnny writes this in his letter to Ponyboy. He wants Dallas to change. To see the light instead of the dark. Johnny and Dally both care for each other deeply and want to change each other for the …show more content…
Dally likes fighting and Johnny does not. Dallas Winston grew up on the streets of New York and went to jail at the age of ten. Dally grew up fighting, it is a part of who he is. He never fails to miss a big fight. While Dally is in the hospital there is a big rumble going on at the vacant lot and Dally just cannot stand to miss it. ‘“Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?”’ (144). Dally is running to the fight scene with an injured arm. He escapes the hospital just to fight. On the other hand, Johnny hates fighting. He cannot stand the thought of fighting ever since his incident with the Socs. While Dally is out fighting at the rumble, Johnny is in the hospital. When Dallas and Ponyboy arrive to see him at the hospital to tell Johnny about their triumphant beating of the Socs. The two boys do not get the reaction they had hoped for. ‘“Useless… fighting’s no good…”’ (147). Johnny thinks the fact that the greasers beat the socs means nothing. He tells them that nothing will change between the two groups. The perspective of fighting is very different between the