– The Outsiders Dally, Susan Eloise HintonĪlso known to be bugging to so girls earlier that night. If he’d been like me he’d never have been in this mess.” (9.106) “I was crazy, you know that, kid? Crazy for wantin’ Johnny to stay out of trouble, for not wantin’ him to get hard. This also adds up to Dallas crimes by hiding a criminal. He also gave them a gun and some money for buying groceries. Events: After the Johnny Cade killing a soc incident, it was informed that Dallas Winston helped Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny escape and send them to an abandoned church. He hardly ever lets any emotion other than anger show. Gets angry easily and is mentally unstable. Dally has no respect for anyone, especially adults and officials of the law. Typically, he finds himself quite indifferent with the opinions of others. He often finds amusement at the expense of others, and is hideously impolite to most everyone, especially girls that he doesn’t know. He is also rude, unrefined, angry, and typically selfish. All of these observations are absolutely true. Personality Traits: Dallas Winston is seen to be cruel, hardened, and usually lacking concern for others. He is the most dangerous member of the bunch, but he is still a part of their greaser “family. He spent three years on the “wild side” of New York and likes to blow off steam in gang fights. His parents were very abusive of him Criminal Past: “The real character of the gang,” Dally was arrested his first time at the age of ten. Tougher, colder and meaner than rest of the greasers. Natural born leader Strong personality excellent fighter stereotypical “bad boy”. “Johnny, you don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you, man.Status: Deceased * Reason- Provoked police to shoot him because he got a heater out.Ībilities/ Strengths: Street smart, knows how to use a variety of different weapons like guns, blades, etc. We’re gonna do for Johnny! ” He didn’t want Johnny to get hardened like he had. I’m gonna get EVEN with those little Socs! Let’s do it for Johnny, man. There was on thing in the world Dally cared about, besides himself, and that was Johnny Cade. You think my old man gives a hang if I’m dead in a car wreck or drunk or in jail or something, he doesn’t care but that doesn’t bother me. 102.ĭally didn’t even care that his parents didn’t care about him. Like Dally and Two-Bit and Tim Shepard-they forgot how at an early age. “I wanted to cry, but Greasers don’t cry in front of strangers. He was so full of hate and dislike that Ponyboy rationalized that Dally had almost no feeling other than hate at all. “The fight for self-preservation had hardened him against caring. Another characteristic of Dally’s is that he cared about very little in the world. Dally was tough, even when it came to breaking laws or even the fuzz (police).: “He liked to show he didn’t care whether there was a law or not. You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you… ” Chapter 9, pg. “You get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. 152.ĭally’s toughness was shown when he came to the rumble even though he was still injured from when the roof of the church collapsed on him and Johnny. Why can I take it when Dally can’t? ” Chapter 10, pg. How can I take it? Dally is tougher than I am. Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn’t one to be messed with. “Man, I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap, Jesus Christ! “. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. Dally’s first characteristic is that he is tough. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. Dallas Winston or “Dally” is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders.
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