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Examples Of Friendship In The Outsiders

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The definition of Friendship is; a state of mutual trust and support between allied nations. Another definition is someone who you can rely on to be a support. This is demonstrated by the Book ´The Outsiders¨ All the boys have a very tight friendship and can rely on each other any time. The theme in the ¨The Outsiders¨ is friendship; sticking together will pull you through life. The book ¨The Outsiders” is about teenagers that live in low income families. They stick together through the tough times that life brings to them, and they always treat each other like family. These boys go on many adventures and they fight back from the SOCS and help each other out. To show this, we will be previewing the Curtis home, Johnny's heroic actions, and …show more content…

Knowing the danger that they put themselves into, they did it anyway… together. When they saved the last kid and the roof of the church was about to collapse DallY pulls Johnny and Ponyboy out of the Burning Church. To save them, even though he thought it was stupid that they saved the kids, he helped them to safety. For example, on page 93 Dally says; “ For Pete's sake, get outta there!” That roof is gonna have any minute. Forget those blasted kids!” And also after they saved the last kid Johnny want Ponyboy to save himself first, not thinking about himself; “ Johnny shoved me towards the window. “Get out!” I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing, and sobbing for breath. Then I heard Johnny scream, and as I turned to go back for him, Dally swore at me and clubbed me across the back as hard as he could, and I went down into a peaceful darkness” This shows that Dally cared about Ponyboy because he wouldn't let him go back for Johnny and then put his life into risk. It also showed that he wanted to help Ponyboy because later we find out he only hit him because he was on fire and wanted to help him. Another thing that this shows is that Johnny really loved Ponyboy because he let that roof cave on him and wanted Pony safe while he would fight for

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Above all he cared for Johnny the most because he was the “gang's pet”, Dally cared about Johnny so much that when Johnny died Dally came up with a plan to die too. Another way Dally cared for the gang is that when Johnny and Ponyboy was at the Church reading Gone With The Wind Johnny said that the Southern boys reminded him of Dally because on night the fuzz came because Two-bit broke the windows at the school but Dally took the blame without batting an eye when he could have let Two-bit get in trouble. Dally even broke out of the hospital to help fight in the rumble. Some may say that Dallas didn't do anything and it was Johnny who was the hero although if Dally didn't help Johnny and Ponyboy they would have went straight to the police and most likely would have been put in jail which would have caused them to not be the same soft people they

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He didn’t care, after finding out that johnny has died he goes crazy and robs a store. As he is running out he gets shot in his lower abdomen but still runs off. He calls Pony, Steve, Two-bit, Darry, and Soda, when they get to the vacant lot where he was surrounded by policemen, he pulled out an unloaded gun, he wanted to die that 's why he did it, he was gunned down by the police. Dally got what he wanted and dying was what he wanted after Johnny died, he died a hoodlum… ‘“Dally didn 't die a hero, he died violent, violent, and desperate. Like we knew he

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Furthermore, Dally shows that he is willing to help the group no matter what when, at the rumble, he helps to pull the Soc that is kicking Ponyboy off of him. When Dally gave Ponyboy and Johnny a gun and some money he was helping them even though he could be arrested for assisting in a murder. Continuing on, even though it was extremely dangerous, Dally risked getting seriously injured or even killed to dart into the burning church to save Johnny. Finally, Dally attacks a Soc, risking being attacked himself from behind to save

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Dally could have been sent to jail for helping Ponyboy and Johnny, and instead of sending the two boys away, he helped them no matter what the consequences could be. Not only did Dally consider the fact that he was helping criminals, he also knew that due to his record of stealing, he could get in a lot of trouble. If the police caught Dally, he would be accused of helping two criminals, stealing, and maybe even murder, if he ever murdered anyone. His penalty would be almost ten times worse

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Even though he has done some really bad things, he still has good inside of him. Dally is a great example of how no matter what your background is you can still commit an act of heroism. The best example is when during the fire in the church, a falling timber hits Johnny and Dally runs in to save him. One of the teachers of the kids that Ponyboy and Johnny saved, describes Dally’s action like this. “He burned one arm pretty badly… trying to drag the other kid out the window.”

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Not far behind him was Johnny. This explains that Ponyboy, and Johnny didn't worry about themselves and were determined to get the kids out of the blazing heat. Than, Ponyboy jumped out of the burning building but not realizing his back was in flames. He saw Dally coming towards him, and slapped him right across the back. Also, Dally fits the definition because in the story it states "Dallas hit me.

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The fact that he even says that he may kill himself, shows that he has lost so much confidence due to the lack of care he is receiving at home that he is beginning to feel worthless. In addition, after Dally meets up with Johnny and Ponyboy and gives Ponyboy the letter that

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What this shows is that Darry would beat up Dally if he got found out that Dally got Ponyboy and Johnny out of town with money and a gun, which means that all he is doing is sticking up for his brothers. He doesn’t want them to get into any trouble or run away.

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Dally has soft spots for a certain person, Johnny. Johnny was the only person Dally loved. One page 149, he says as Johnny is dying, “Dammit Johnny…. Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die.” (Hinton 149).

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Dally is not strong mentally (when he couldn’t let Johnny go), he really does not do good deeds, and he does not care about any other people than only Johnny, and he’s rude to others and bad at using words. A quotation that supports my statement is, “What for? Get back in here before I beat your head in.” (p.90) This quotation supports my statement because Dally said this to Ponyboy when he hopped off the car and said to see what the deal is when he saw the old church on fire, it proves that Dally does not care about other stuff that does not involve him and that he’s rude to others and using

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This shows how he gained back his self-confidence and his ability to stand up for himself. Johnny finally found his acceptance from Dally when Dally said, “We’re all so proud of you” (148). When Dally said that Ponyboy noticed Johnny’s eyes glowing, “Dally was proud of him... That was all he ever wanted” (148). In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, “It’s worth saving those kids...

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Their actions show that Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes because they ran right into the fire to save the kids with no regard that they could get hurt. One reason that Dally is a hero is because he saved Johnny from the fire while the church was collapsing. Heroism can also be seen from Dally when he gets money, a gun, and a place to stay for Johnny and Ponyboy.

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(1.48) After Johnny died, Dally makes an enormous sacrifice that took away his life. He loved Johnny so much that he couldn't take the fact he was gone. Dally was known to be the most cold-blooded member of the gang but after Johnny's death, he was the one who showed the most affection. Dally wouldn’t have been shot if he didn’t love Johnny so much, and sacrificed himself.

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