Saturday, August 24, 2013

Other than Johnny, who else admired Dally in the novel The Outsiders?

In Chapter 2, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally sneak into the drive-ins to watch a movie. After they enter, Dally begins to annoy two Soc girls who are watching the movie, and Johnny sticks up for them by telling Dally to stop. Ponyboy and Johnny befriend the two girls, Cherry and Marcia, and Johnny asks Cherry why she wasn't scared of them like she was of Dally. Cherry tells them that they seem sweet, and Johnny mentions that Dally isn't such a bad guy. Ponyboy then comments that Dally would have left them alone if he knew them and Marcia responds by saying that she is glad Dally doesn’t know them. Cherry then comments, "I kind of admire him” (Hinton 24). Later on that night, Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends arrive to pick them up in a blue Mustang. Before leaving, Cherry looks at Ponyboy and says that she could fall in love with Dally and hopes that she never sees him again. Cherry is attracted to Dally's "bad-boy" persona and unique approach to life, but is afraid of loving him. She admires him because he doesn't care what other people have to say about him and does what he wants, when he wants.

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