Tuff In The Outsiders

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In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are many different people with different personalities. There are Greasers and Socs. If you to see a Greaser you would think that they are mean cold hearted people, and if you are to see a Soc you would think that they are nice loving people. That is not entirely true. Everyone has a sweet spot. Dally is the tuffist greaser but is also gallant and loyal.

Dally can be very tuff. On page 82, it reads, “‘ You sure can cuss good, Dally,”
‘ Sure can,’ Dally agreed…” This shows that he is tuff because he is proud of this and others think that it is cool. Another reason that Dally is tuff is on page 90, “..thought of Dally in jail at the age of ten…” This shows that he is tuff because when he was …show more content…

It shows that he does not only care about himself, so he takes the sentence and does not complain about it. Another reason that Dally is gallantly is on page 89, “ ‘ Johnny I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt…’ ” This shows that he is gallant because he is caring enough about someone else to tell them that a tuff boy like Dally does not want Johnny to get hurt. Dally usually does not feel much but this shows that he does. Finally, on page 95, “ ‘ First you and the black haired kid climbing in that window, and then the tough-looking kid going back to save him...’ ” this shows that he is gallant because he risked his life to go back to the church and save Johnny who was hit on the back by a falling piece of timber. This shows that even the tuffist guys can be another person …show more content…

On example of this is on page 60, “...He handed us a gun and a roll of bills…” this shows that he is loyal because even though if he gets caught he would probably go to jail he gives Pony and Johnny money and a gun so that they can run away from the police after they killed Bob. Dally gave Pony a dry shirt and told them where to hide. My next example is on page 81, “I told him I didn't know, but he didn't believe me,” this shows that he is loyal because he kept where they are a secret because they did not want anyone to know where they are. He kept it from even his best friends. My last example is on page 154, “But I knew that is what he wanted...Dallas Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted,” this shows that he is loyal because the only thing that he ever loved was Johnny so when he died there was nothing left for Dally so he got himself killed by the police. Dally was very loyal to his

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