Anti-heros are all around us, even on the shows we watch. Examples of this are Dexter Morgan from the show Dexter, Batman, and Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. In The Outsiders, the characters Johnny and Ponyboy get into trouble when Johnny fatally stabs a soc named Bob. Which leads to Johnny and Ponyboy having to skip town in order to run from the police. An anti-hero is somebody who would usually be classified as the villain, but does things villains do for good reason. From what I’ve read, I can conclude that Dally Winston is the anti-hero of this story because he helps Johnny and Ponyboy flee from the police, he tries to save Ponyboy and Johnny from going into the church that was on fire. The first reason why Dallas Winston is the anti-hero of this story is because Dally cares about his friends but does things the antagonist would do. On page 61 "I'll be up there as soon as I think it's clear." Man, I thought New York was the only place I could get mixed up in a murder rap" (Hinton 61). This shows that Dally is willing to do something illegal, but for good reason. Why that would make him an anti-hero is because he knew Johnny was only defending himself and Ponyboy from being jumped and decided …show more content…
On page 4, Ponyboy describes Dally as someone who has been a criminal for a while and hasn’t been able to stop. The text says, “Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten”(Hinton 4). This shows that Dally hasn’t been set up very well in life and has had to resort to criminal life. This would also show how someone like that doesn’t particularly know how to do good things in a good way. And would reveal that he isn’t an evil person, just misunderstood. In conclusion, I believe Dallas Winston is the anti-hero for reasons like he breaks the law but works with the cards he is dealt, cares for his “family”, and would end his own life for
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.
At the end of the book there was a rumble and Dally showed up even though he was injured.”Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?”(144) This means that no matter what Dally would like to be in a fight of some kind. Dally likes to fight because he feels that their is no got in the world. On the other hand, Johnny does not enjoy fighting.’”useless… fighting’s no good…”’(148). This means that Johnny would not like to be in a fight especially when he is injured. Johnny does not like fighting because the socs have beat him up multiple times badly. Dally and Johnny are different because Dally likes fighting and Johnny does
In Hinton’s novel Johnny’s death impacts Dally heavily. He virtually becomes a ticking time bomb. Pony describes Johnny as the only thing Dally loved and regarded. His reaction to cope with his grief was to commit suicide. Winston pointed an unloaded gun at the police after robbing a convenience store. His action was responded to with fired shots that give him imminent death. After the incident, seeing Dally lain on the hard pavement, Pony states: “And now he was a dead juvenile delinquent and there wouldn’t be any editorials in his favor. Dally didn’t die a hero”(154). Pony communicates how there wouldn’t be any editorials in the newspaper articulating his heroism, this means that in the eyes of the public Dally Winston died a delinquent. Conversely, Johnny Cade dies a commemorated hero for his gallantry at the church in Windrixville. While in Windrixville Johnny suffers severe burns from a fire that cause him to lose his life. To show he is proud of Johnny before his death Dally says: “‘They’re still writing editorials in the paper. For being a hero and all’”(156). After hearing Dally’s commendation and briefly speaking to Ponyboy, Johnny peacefully dies. He was praised for his bold and courageous actions regarding him risking his life to save some children from a church fire. The headline on the newspaper: “Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes” is also evidence of
Johnny and Dallas are two very similar characters. For example, they both have neglectful parents. Dally was jailed at the age of ten and spent three years on the deleterious side of New York.He became hard and cold, with a hatred of the world, all because he didn’t get the proper attention. Dally himself mentions, "Blast it, Johnny, what do they matter? Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether I'm in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. That don't bother me none." Dally is spitting out evidence of his dad’s negligence and shows the irresponsible personality of him. If Dally had been given affection, maybe he would not have been jailed, start gangs, accost others, and be a delinquent. ...
In The Outsiders, author S. E. Hinton developed the character of Dallas Winston “Dally” through a series of unfortunate events which took him from a cold, and tough greaser to a caring and not so cold young man who thinks about others and not just himself. When the reader is first introduced to Dally, Ponyboy describes him as being tougher than the rest of them. He also says Dally is colder and meaner. However as the story comes to an end, you see a new side of Dally; the side in which he is so upset about the death of his buddy Johnny that he commits suicide by cop.
When Johnny dies, he dies a hero. “Two friends of mine had died that night:one a hero... “(154). When Johnny dies, he is a hero for his city, when he saves children from a church fire. If Johnny does not save the children, then he may live, but he would not be a hero. When he dies, he dies gallant, in contrast to Dally who dies a hoodlum.Dallas Winston dies, not as a hero, but as a nobody. “Dally didn’t die a hero”(154). He dies as a common criminal, not a hero like Johnny. Dally chose to die on purpose when he pulled out the gun and pointed it at the police, he made his choice. He decides that he would die a criminal and a hood.Dally and Johnny are two very different people, with similar attributes that bonded them as
Many heroes appear in the book The Outsiders. The characters that I think are heroes are Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally. The definition of a hero for me is a person who is brave enough to do things to help someone even if it is a dangerous thing to do.A hero also cares for others and people can rely on them. Ponyboy was a hero because he saved peoples’ lives. Johnny died as a hero because he also saved the kids from the burning church and he was also relied on by his gang members. Dally was hero mainly because he cared for his gang and people relied on him. These three characters were heroes in this book according to my definition of a hero.
An anti-hero has the role of a hero thrust upon them. They do not particularly want to be brave or noble but their actions lead them to be a hero. Facing difficult decisions and doubt are also classic traits of an anti-hero. They often lack confidence in themselves, refuse to accept their fate as a hero or don't even realise their status or ability. At a certain point, anti-heroes usually transcend into either a tragic or romantic hero. Anti-heroes can be identified in many different texts, however, all of them consist of those traits.
There is a hero in us all. A hero is someone who risks their own life to save or do good for others. Ponyboy is a hero because he risked his life to save children from a burning church. Johnny is a hero even though he killed someone it was to save his friend’s life but he also saved children from a burning church. Dally has been arrested, picks fights, and drinks, but when it comes to the people he is close with he has his soft spots for them. All bad boys have a good side.
This statement definitely applies to Dallas Winston when he, Ponyboy and Johnny are in Windrixville and the church has caught fire. Dally grew up in New York City. He ran away from home at a young age and obtained a criminal record at the age of ten. By his teenage years, he had developed a way to survive. He does not care about anybody, except for himself and Johnny, a younger member of the gang. He has a soft spot for Johnny, probably because he sees a lot of himself through Johnny. Johnny’s parents are abusive, and sometimes they are so drunk that they do not even recognize him. Dallas is one of the only people who knows how Johnny feels, because before running away from home, he was also in this situation. However, Johnny is quiet and kind. When Dally was young, these were some of the qualities that he lacked. They are close friends because they each have qualities that are absent in the other’s personality. Johnny is the last thing that Dallas still loves and cares about. Without Johnny, Dallas would only have hate left inside of him. After Johnny kills a Soc in self defense, he and Ponyboy are sent by Dally to an abandoned church in Windrixville, in order to hide from the police. When Dallas comes to take them back home, they stop at Dairy Queen to eat lunch. Passing by the church in which Johnny and Ponyboy spent almost a week, they see that it has caught on fire, probably because they forgot to
When we first introduced to Dally by Hinton we learn that as a youth he served time in a New York for a murder charge. This made Dally the most paradoxical person in the story, you never knew if Dally would snap and beat you senseless or if he would protect you. But we soon learn that after witnessing Johnny’s death in the hospital Dally turned out more psychologically unstable. Thus, Dally chose suicide-by-cop. This was because Dally felt responsible for not protecting Johnny in life and felt that perhaps he could protect him in death. Both young men felt hero-worship for each other. Johnny looking to Dally for his devil-may-care attitude and Dally looks up to Johnny for his individuality and
Although both anti-heroes rebel against the government for freedom, their behaviours are different from each other. For example, Winston is the typical citizen who rebels against the government in a quiet and peaceful way, whereas V is a revolutionist in an excited and violent way. This comparison helps classify the key behaviours, which explains the different approaches the anti-heroes took towards liberation. In conclusion, George Orwell and James McTeigue demonstrate how the anti-hero’s personality and behaviour can be used in accomplishing their
In other words, he deeply cares about Johnny, and his personality. Plus, Dally expresses his worry and concern about Johnny going to jail. In addition to that, he admires how sweet he is compared to the other
The anti-hero is useless at being a hero when they should be one or have the opportunity to be one. Typically an ordinary, timid, selfish, anti-social, inept, cautious, passive, pessimistic person, they still manage to gain the sympathy of the reader. Usually unglamorous, many wallow in self-pity which only worsens their state of mind. Anti-heros rarely succeed at any goal set before them. Summed up in two words - failed heros. T. S. Elliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a fantastic example of the modern anti-hero. A glimpse into the stream of consciousness of Prufrock reveals his secret struggles to handle a world he has no control over. Prufrock displays numerous characteristics of an anti-hero but three stand out the most: cowardice, passiveness, and pessimism.