The Outsiders Dally Character Analysis
The Outsiders: Character Development
From the moment of your birth to the day of your death, a person never stays the same. Some change for good others change for bad. Changing all depends on you, you choose how to change based on hard situations. In this story ‘The Outsiders’ many characters change throughout the story. Some of them change slowly, some change till they reach their death. Dallas one of the characters who changed in the last moment of his death. “He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones, and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx” (pg. 10). This is the description on Dally’s physical features. His hard features contributes to his actions. He is described as the ‘real’ character in the gang, Dally has a strong heart, throughout the story he usually acts tough and acts as if nothing else matters to him. He didn’t even mind getting rejected by girls, he just kept going with his life. “I wouldn’t drink it if I was starving in the desert. Get lost hood! Dally Dally merely shrugged and strolled off” (pg. 18). It seems as if he doesn’t care whether someone just rejected him or not. As things get rough throughout the story things change. “I killed him, he said slowly. I killed that boy” (pg. 44). Ponyboy and Johnny need a place to go after Johnny had murdered a soc named …show more content…
They all have many different characteristics physically and internally. Dally was the person who was the strongest of the group, it appeared as if he did not have any emotions at all. He killed himself after the death of Johnny which showed he did have a weak spot all this time. Darry was not only the older brother of Ponyboy but his guardian as well. He was the one who always got him in trouble for the things he did that was unresponsible. Throughout the story he yells at him too much and towards the end he starts to be nice to him after what happens between them. Character development happens with most of the
From the moment of your birth to the day of your death, a person never stays the same. Some change for good others change for bad. Changing all depends on you, you choose how to change based on hard situations. In this story ‘The Outsiders’ many characters change throughout the story. Some of them change slowly, some change till they reach their death. Dallas one of the characters who changed in the last moment of his death. “He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones, and a pointed chin, small sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx” (pg. 10). This is the description on Dally’s physical features. His hard features contributes to his actions. He is described as the ‘real’ character in the gang, Dally has a strong heart, throughout the story he usually acts tough and acts as if nothing else matters to him. He didn’t even mind getting rejected by girls, he just kept going with his life. “I wouldn’t drink it if I was starving in the desert. Get lost hood! Dally Dally merely shrugged and strolled off” (pg. 18). It seems as if he doesn’t care whether someone just rejected him or not. As things get rough throughout the story things change. “I killed him, he said slowly. I killed that boy” (pg. 44). Ponyboy and Johnny need a place to go after Johnny had murdered a soc named …show more content…
They all have many different characteristics physically and internally. Dally was the person who was the strongest of the group, it appeared as if he did not have any emotions at all. He killed himself after the death of Johnny which showed he did have a weak spot all this time. Darry was not only the older brother of Ponyboy but his guardian as well. He was the one who always got him in trouble for the things he did that was unresponsible. Throughout the story he yells at him too much and towards the end he starts to be nice to him after what happens between them. Character development happens with most of the