Johnny is
fascinated by the idea of the southern gentlemen
, who he sees as exemplifying grace, gallantry, and manners. Strangely (to me) Johnny equates the qualities of the southern gentleman with Dally, but Ponyboy insists that Johnny more closely approximates those ideals.
Why does Johnny like the Southern gentleman?
As the above answer states, Johnny links Dally to the Southern gentlemen in terms
of gallantry and courage
. … Dally does show this, in a way, when he faces up to his own death at the end of the book; in fact he instigates his death at the hands of the cops because he doesn’t want to live anymore after losing Johnny.
What are the similarities between Dally and the southern gentleman?
Dally could have easily told on Two-Bit but acted gallantly by taking the blame. In Johnny’s opinion, the Southern gentlemen’s courageous personalities remind him of Dally’s gallant, loyal character. Similar to the Southern gentlemen in the novel,
Dally is courageous, brave, and heroic
.
What are some similarities and differences between Johnny and Dally?
Dally and Johnny do not battle against each other, but
they are opposites
. Johnny is meek, fearful, and childlike, while Dally is hard, cynical, and dangerous. As they near the ends of their lives, however, Johnny becomes strong and Dally becomes weak.
When Johnny mentions that the Southern gentlemen remind him of Dallas Winston What does he mean?
When Johnny mentions that the Southern gentlemen reminds him of Dallas Winston, what does he mean?
Dallas has a Southern accent even though he is from New York City
. Dallas is a gentleman and treats all girls with respect. Dallas is willing to fight for his rights like the Southerners did in the Civil War.
Why is Dally afraid of jail?
Essentially, Dally fears that
Johnny will become callous and insensitive after spending a significant time in prison
. Dally recognizes that jail has turned him into a cold, hard person and doesn’t want the same thing to happen to his close friend.
How does Ponyboy feel when Dally dies?
The deaths of Dally and Johnny affected Ponyboy deeply.
He began to see things that he had been blinded to before and to realize that people are not always who they seem to be
.
Is Dally pony’s brother?
Ponyboy’s oldest brother
. Darrel, known as “Darry,” is a twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash. Strong, athletic, and intelligent, Darry has quit school. He works two jobs to hold the family together.
What are the similarities between Ponyboy and Johnny?
Similarities between Johnny and Ponyboy in The Outsiders include
that each boy is sensitive in his own way
. When they meet Cherry and Marcia at the movies, Ponyboy and Cherry form an almost instant bond and she senses that he is not only bright, but also sensitive and insightful.
Are Johnny and Dally brothers?
Ponyboy had two older brothers,
Johnny had no one but Dally
.
What are Johnny’s last words?
What do Johnny’s last words mean? Right before he dies in the hospital, Johnny says “
Stay gold, Ponyboy
Why does Darry not want Johnny to turn himself in?
Dally doesn’t want Johnny to turn himself in
because he has helped him this much already and he doesn’t want his help to go to waste
and he doesn’t want Johnny to go though with jail because Dally knows what it fells like. What “other side” of Dallas is revealed in this chapter?
Why does Dally want out of the hospital so quickly?
2) Why does Dally want out of the hospital so quickly? Dally wants to get out of the hospital quickly
because he wanted to get to the brutal contest before it began
.
How long was Dally in jail?
Dallas Winston was a juvenile delinquent who had been arrested over and over for various reasons. He spent
3 years
of his life on the ‘wild side’ of New York where he was arrested at the age of 10. Dally didn’t care for anyone, or at least that’s what he acted like.
Did Ponyboy faint when Johnny died?
In Chapter 9, Johnny dies. A little later, after Dally is shot dead by the police,
Ponyboy faints
. He faints because of the extraordinary amount of emotional and physical trauma to which he has been subjected in a brief period of time. His friends are dead, and he carries wounds from the rumble.
Does Ponyboy want Johnny to turn himself in?
The reason Johnny decided to
turn himself in to the police
was he did not want to spend the rest of his life hiding. He thought if he turned himself in he would have a better chance of getting off easy with the help of Ponyboy’s and Cherry.
