How Does Dally Changed

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. In the beginning you can see that Dally not only finds it fun and amusing to break rules but also views it as one of his talents. The first sign of this is when Johnny,Ponyboy,and Dally sneak into the drive in movies.Ponyboy says that they have enough money to get

Not only did he care about Johnny but he risked his life to save him and in the end lost his life after being pushed past the limit in having to deal with the grief of losing Johnny. In the same ways Dally is not completely changed for example Dally does not show much interest in saving the little kids from the fire—but he does not hesitate to try to save Johnny. This proves that Dally only opened himself up to Johnny.

After close consideration of all the tragic events in The Outsiders, the reader can clearly understand the changes the character Dally experienced. This cold and tough teen transformed into a caring and not so cold teen before his death. S. E. Hinton skillfully used the warfare of the social classes to tell the story of not one young man but of several young men who all transformed in some way or another. These cumulative changes make The Outsiders a timeless classic that will never lose its