Similarities Between Dally And Danny In The Outsiders

Is it possible for two vastly different characters to share common qualities? In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, Johnny and Dally, prove that this is, in fact, possible. They have tremendous differences such as how Johnny sees the good in the world and Dally does not, and Johnny dies a chivalrous hero, whilst Dally dies a criminal. While they differ in many aspects, Dally and Johnny share similarities such as not valuing their lives as they should, and both boys have miserable home situations. Therefore, Dally and Johnny share many similarities, even though they have countless differences. One similarity Dally and Johnny share is their inability to place value in their own lives. Through the duration of the story, Dally continually does things that put his life in danger, and does not seem to care about the consequences. He drives recklessly, breaks every law he can, and pulls a gun on the police, thus getting himself killed. As Ponyboy states, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead, and he always got what he wanted” (154). After the death of Johnny, Dally

Hitnon’d novel, The Outsiders, are extremely different on many accounts, yet the two share multiple similarities as well. First of all, neither boy values his life, taking death as a meaningless consequence. Also, both Dally and Johnny come from abusive households, where people do not want or care properly for them. In spite of the similarities these characters share, they have major differences such as Johnny’s ability to notice the good in the world, while Dally fails to detect it. As well as the fact that Johnny dies a hero who saved children from a burning church, while Dally dies a criminal, and nobody would ever recognize him for being kind and good. The relationship between Johnny and Dally is just one example that demonstrates how two people who seem to have nothing in common, can still share similarities that connect them to one