Dally: A Hero

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Dally may have had a rough life, but in the end, he died a hero. Some people that because he committed suicide that he was a bad person and was just a coward but there is more to it. He risked going to jail himself when he helped out Pony boy and Johnny escape the law. He also saved Pony and Johnny when they were waiting for him in the church and it caught fire. He sacrificed himself for other people because he was a hero. Dally helped the two boys escape the law even though they had done something wrong. Pony and Johnny had been minding their own business when they got jumped by the Socs and Johnny ended up killing one of them. They knew that they were in trouble and they needed some thing like money and a gun. They went to Dally and he gave

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