He is different from his day to day behavior and just a few selective knows about him. He has a soft spot for his friends and is loyal to the greasers. One factor in his life that has improved is his relationship with his friends. His rough past and hard life have not much improved since when he was a child. He was tougher than the rest of us – tougher, colder, meaner.” His reputation is those of gagsters and one would not like to be in the same room as him for too long. Before Dally met the Greasers “Dally has spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten. He had a rough past and his record is far from clean.
I didn’t like him, but he was smart and you had to respect him. He is aware that he “hated to do things the legal way”. As the story starts, Ponyboy is weary of Dallas. He has had a difficult life, and it shows in his actions. He is street-smart and independent, and he can handle himself. The reader gets the impression that Dally is not someone you want to mess with. “He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx.” This description also hints at Dally’s unpredictability and roughness. Both his looks and personality are described in animal metaphors. The protagonist of the story, Ponyboy narrates, “His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with hatred for the whole world.” Physically, he is distinctive.
Dally is tougher than nails, is what they say, not hated but feared, and full of hatred for those who wronged him. Hinton first introduces him as a “Don’t mess with me” type of guy, but as the story advances, he is exposed as much more of an empathetic character, even if he only shows it to a few near him.ĭallas Winston is strongest of the Greasers and the toughest by far, but had a rough past and made him what he became. The reputation Dallas (nicknamed, Dally) owns presents him as a tough, strong, and violent character, but despite all these characteristics, he cares about his friends and would be ready to do anything for them. Hinton, where there are many tough guys and the toughest one of them, is Dallas Winston. Violence suppressed in the protected walls of a house, murder carried out in the middle of the night, busted pop bottles, burned churches all of this and more happens in The Outsiders written by S.
Hinton because of his strong character, his bravery, and his relationship with his friend. Dallas Winston is the most compelling character in The Outsiders by S.