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Examples Of Rivalry In The Outsiders

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Rivalry leads to regrets. When several members of the greasers get injured. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. The Outsiders is a book about Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with Society. Ponyboy is a greaser. Greasers have a rival game which are the socials or socs. These gangs are always fighting. Ponyboy always says that fighting is bad and useless. All the greasers and the socials learn that the hard way. Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboys actions reveal who they really are as people.
To begin, Dallys decisions and actions reveal who he is as a person. In the novel Dally says he carries a heater. The gun isn't loaded but he wants people to think it is. This is showing that Dally is pretending to be somebody he's not. He wants people to think he is intimidating and wants people to be scared of him if he pulls out the heater. He would never kill someone he just wants to act tough. Next, Dally is 17, he bought a fake ID that says he is 21 to buy liquor. This decision displays that Dally couldn't wait until he was 21 so he is fake. Another example is Dally pulls out the heater while he runs from the cops. This shows that Dally wasn't thinking correctly therefore this was a dumb decision and this is not what Dally would normally do. Another character who reveals who he is by his decisions and actions would be Johnny. …show more content…

When Ponyboy and Johnny were at the fountain. Johnny kills Bob. This decision is presenting that Johnny has a slight dark side. Another example is Johnny buys peroxide to dye his hair. Johnny is smarter than most greasers because some greasers don't think correctly like dally. A third example is when Johnny tells Ponyboy He is “scared stiff” and doesn't want to die. This is proving that Johnny is going against the Greaser stereotype which is tough. Johnny isn't the only person whose decisions and actions reveal who they are as people, Ponyboy also does

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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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The characters thought that Dally was just really angry at the world, that his robbing of the bank was him attempting to blow off steam, and that his consequential death was all a result of his bad decisions. In reality, Dally had just been told about Johnny's death, and he was heartbroken. The text shows this happening when it says, “Damnit, Johnny…’ he begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will. ‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall”(Hinton 149).

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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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