Does the situation a person is in dictate that person’s behavior? Can two people experiencing the same problems become vastly different because of it? In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, there are two characters that fit these conditions. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade both have extremely abusive parents and care about the other like they are their own brother. Yet, at the same time, Dally has grown up to become a tough criminal while Johnny has grown up to become weak and timid. Dally also believes that being tough like him is the best way to be, whereas Johnny believes being sensitive like him is the best way to be. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade have significant similarities and vast differences. Johnny and Dally have very significant …show more content…
similarities, one of them being their abusive parents. For example, Dally parents are not present in his life. Dally sleeps wherever he can because he would rather sleep in an unfamiliar place than go home. He was even involved in a gang in New York at the age of ten because of his lack of parental guidance and attention. He never mentions his mother, and only mentions his father once to tell Johnny, “‘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’” (88). Dally’s parents do not give him the attention he needs, and Johnny experiences a similar problem. Johnny isn’t ever noticed at home except for when his mother or his father are abusing him. He also, similarly to Dally, will even goes as far as sleeping outside in a vacant lot to avoid going home and facing his parents. Ponyboy says of Johnny, “[His] father was always beating him up, and his mother ignored him, except when she was hacked off at something, and then you could hear her yelling at him clear down at our house” (12). Johnny jumps at his own shadow because of the constant abuse he faces at home. Therefore, Johnny and Dally are similar in the way that they both have abusive parents. Another way that Dally and Johnny are similar is the amount that they care about each other. Dally loves Johnny like a kid brother, and doesn’t fight him like he does with the rest of his friends. Dally has even gotten into fights with complete strangers for inconveniencing him, but avoids hurting Johnny even after he has talked back to him. Dally even becomes so torn up by Johnny’s death that he goes as far as committing suicide. Ponyboy says that, “Johnny was the only thing Dally loved” (152). Dally cared about Johnny like he was his own brother, and Johnny feels the same way. Johnny looks up to Dally as you would to an older brother. After Johnny kills Bob, the first person he turns to is Dally because of how much he trusts him. When he stood up to Dally at the drive-in, Ponyboy was shocked because Dally is Johnny’s hero. Ponyboy even says, “Johnny worshiped the ground Dallas walked on” (25). Johnny looks up to and cares about Dally. The fact that both Johnny and Dally strongly care about each other is a significant connection between them. Johnny and Dally have many similarities, but also have significant differences, such as their relationships with the law. For instance, Dally purposely goes out trying to break laws. At the age of ten, he got arrested while involved with a gang in New York. He has jumped kids for kicks, and he breaks into places such as the drive-in just to avoid abiding by the law. Ponyboy explains this, saying that “Dally hated to do things the legal way” (20). Dally is a real criminal and enjoys it. Johnny, on the other hand, is the most law-abiding member of the gang. He has no record with the police, and he doesn’t spend his time breaking laws for fun like other people such as Dally or Two-Bit. He even chose to turn himself into the police after killing Bob because he knew that his record was completely clean and that he would be let off easy because of it. Johnny tells this to Dally, saying, “‘I got a good chance of bein’ let off easy...I ain’t got no record with the fuzz”’ (87). Unlike Dally, Johnny does not try to break laws. Clearly, Johnny and Dally have opposing relationships with the law. Another difference between Johnny and Dally is their philosophies.
Dally believes that if you become hard and tough like he has, then you will be your best self. Dally has known hardships all his life, and he responds to them by being cold and only looking out for himself. He believes that if Johnny was more like him, then he wouldn’t have injured and effectively killed himself. Dally expresses this to Ponyboy while driving to the hospital, saying, “‘You’d better wise up, Pony… you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you’” (147). Dally believes that being weak leads to pain and suffering. Conversely, Johnny believes that being young, emotional, and innocent is a good way to be. Johnny has experienced similar problems to Dally in his life, but instead of becoming cold and mean, he has become timid and emotional. Johnny even sacrificed his life to save a handful of children because he puts kindness and morality before his own safety. He tells Ponyboy this in a letter he wrote, saying, “I don’t mind dying… It’s worth it. It’s worth saving those kids… That’s gold. Keep that way, it’s a good way to be” (178). Johnny believes that staying “gold” and innocent is the best way to be. Dally and Johnny’s conflicting philosophies show that they have clear
differences. In S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, the two characters Dally Winston and Johnny Cade have significant similarities and differences. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade have similar backgrounds, but have dissimilar philosophies about life. Dally believes that becoming tough and hard makes you into the best version of yourself. Johnny, on the other hand, believes that staying innocent and emotional makes you into the best version of yourself. Dally also purposely tries to break laws while Johnny stays out of trouble and is one of the most law abiding members of the gang. Despite these differences, Johnny and Dally do have things in common. Johnny and Dally both have parents that neglect and abuse them, and both care about each other strongly. Johnny and Dally are two characters that illustrate how two vastly different people can still share common ground.
I read the book The Outsiders and watched the movie the West Side Story, they had many similarities but they also had their differences. I enjoyed both the book and the movie they were very well written. I will tell compare and contrast the book and the movie.
Whenever a great book is released, a movie is sure to follow. Some movies don’t capture the full image of the book, and the Outsiders movie, while close, is very different than the book. The book the Outsiders was released in 1967 by S.E. Hinton who was only seventeen. The book gained multiple rewards later on. The movie was made almost twenty years later in 1983. The movie shows fans a visual representation of the book, The Outsiders. The Outsiders book is different from the movie because the book shows Ponyboy’s thoughts, the movie doesn’t show much of what happens to Ponyboy after Dally’s death, and doesn’t show movie-watchers much of Johnny’s backstory.
How can two people who are very different share similarities? Dally and Johnny, two greasers from S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, have distinct differences as well as similarities. They are similar because they both know what it is like to have abusive and neglectful parents. Also, they both care about each other in similar ways. Dally and Johnny are completely different when it comes to the law. Dally is the least law abiding in the gang, where as Johnny is the most. Dally and Johnny are dissimilar when they die. Dally dies a hoodlum, which is vast difference from how Johnny dies a hero. Therefor, Dally and Johnny have a lot in common, but also have great differences.
How can two people who are so different have so much in common? How can a kid who went to jail at the age of ten have anything in common with some kid that does not have a record with the police. However, in S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders there are two such characters. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are similar because there parents do not pay attention to them and the gang is their family. Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston are different because Dally likes fighting and Johnny does not. They are also different because Dally is the follows the laws the least and Johnny follows them the most. Therefore, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston have similarities in their life but have a lot of differences.
West Side Story is a book about two gangs living in a large city. The Outsiders is a book with the same concept, two gangs that are archrivals. Even though two different authors wrote these books during two different time periods, they have the same story line. These books are realistic, because gang rivalry is still going on today. They are different, since they were written separately. Also, both these books have different problems between the main characters. Still, West Side Story and The Outsiders have many similarities.
People look up to others because they are so alike each other that they feel connected, or they are so different, they aspire to be like them. Sometimes you can have someone who looks up to the other that is both, different and the same as them. This is the case for Johnny and Dally in The Outsiders, written by S. E. Hinton. They both have parents who do not care about them and they both do not value life. Johnny is more law-abiding than Dally and Johnny became a hero, unlike Dally. Johnny and Dally share differences and similarities that make them such unique characters.
Comparing and Contrasting can lead to very important and support ideas for your piece. What should, we think and write down that would be clear to the topic? The Outsiders gives us an opportunity, to analyze what is in the book and the movie. The book helps us analyze what information we need from the book and the movie.The book and the movie of The Outsiders provides many similarities and differences that can be compared and contrasted.
The Outsiders and The Wednesday Wars deal with misunderstandings among young people in the 1960’s and show how people can form friendships despite their differences. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy Curtis and some Greasers befriend Cherry Valance, a Soc. She spies on the Socs and helps out the Greasers. Ponyboy and his friend, Johnny Cade, become involved with the killing of a Soc, so they run away to an abandoned church. When the church catches on fire, Ponyboy, Johnny, and their friend Dallas Winston, save a few children who were trapped in the burning building. Johnny gets injured during the process and later dies. The boys are mentioned in the newspaper as heroes. The
How can two different people be so much alike? How can one man who lives in a poor environment and neighborhood have so much in common with a man that lives in a rich neighborhood? But, in S.E. Hintons novel The Outsiders, these two characters do indeed exist. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar because they each have abusive and neglectful parents and they both care about each other. Besides the similarities, Dally and Johnny have much different advice for they friend Ponyboy Curtis and they each die with a different story, Johnny dying a hero and Dally dying a hoodlum. In addition to Dally Winston and Johnny Cade having huge differences they also have some important similarities that
Which is better: book or movie? The age-old debate. But which is better? S.E Hinton's, 'The Outsiders' book is far superior to Francis F. Coppola's motion-picture film portrayal of the book in 1983. You might remember it from the popular quote, "Stay Gold". Today it is mostly read in middle school classrooms. The Outsiders was published by S.E Hinton in 1967 when she was a teenager. The main focus throughout the story is the feud between two gangs: The Socials (Socs) and the Greasers. "We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder too". The whole book is written in Ponyboy Curtis's point of view. So, we are hearing the story through a Greaser's perspective. It is often difficult to make a connection with a character over the big screen. You miss out on scenes that did not make it into the movie, some that were are not emphasized like they should have been, and some characters were portrayed wrongly.
Can some people so different be so a like? Can some people so alike be so different? Dally and Johnny are those two who are so different, but yet they are similar. In the book S.E. Hinton writes The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Dally Winston come from two completely different backgrounds, and have completely different scruples. Yet, at the same time they are alike. Dally and Johnny’s parents both repudiate them, making Johnny and Dally mentally tough, and the boys do not value their lives. At the same time though they are different, Dally is stronger than Johnny. Though, Johnny has a soft heart and Dally would not even pay any attention if someone is dying right next to him.
According to Chris Pine, “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” This quote means you can choose how you view people and things.This relates to the Outsiders because the novel is about how you choose to view people. The Outsiders is about how people shouldn’t judge others based on stereotypes and they should get to know them first.
Johnny and Dally are both very contrasting characters in the book; however they do have their similarities. Also, they both look up to each other. In the novel, Johnny is the character that reflects sensitivity and weakness. Johnny is constantly beaten by his father and is ignored by his mother. He has lost many things in life that others may take for granted. A quote from the novel describes Johnny as a “dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers” on page fourteen. Johnny’s soft and delicate personality is evident in that statement, especially when he is referred to a “puppy”. The image of a puppy implies vulnerability, a reflection on Johnny’s personality. Whereas Johnny is the vulnerable spot in the Greasers, Dally is on the other hand, the exact opposite. Dally is cold-hearted and hard, and plays the character of the devil in the novel. A quote from the book describes Dally’s eyes as “blue, blazing ice, cold with the hatred of the whole world” on page fourteen. This quote describes Dally as a cold character, and refers to the fact that Dally has seen many more hardships in his life than happiness. You can see that Johnny and Dally are both very different. However...
”Because most people identify as separate from other people, they have what we call some "concept" of themselves. Self-concept refers to how people “think about, evaluate, or perceive” themselves.” Self-concept can be split into categories that make people who they are. Throughout “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy the protagonist, describes his brother and his friends in relation to him, giving insight on what makes each of them who they are. After reading an article on this topic “Self-Concept “by Saul McLeod (1), and reading chapters 1-3 of the novel “The Outsiders” (2). One can see the major reasons that make people who they are: self-image and self-esteem/self-worth.
The Outsiders is about the life of a 14-year-old boy. The book tells the story of Ponyboy “Curtis” and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers, Darrel (Darry), who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 16, have recently lost their parents in an automobile accident. Pony and Soda are allowed to stay under Darry's guardianship as long as they all behave themselves. The boys are greasers, a class term that refers to the young men on the East Side, the poor side of town. The greasers' rivals are the Socs, short for Socials, who are the "West-side rich kids."