In Chapter 8 of The Outsiders, Two-Bit and Ponyboy visit Johnny and Dally in the hospital. Previously Johnny, Ponyboy, and Dally had been hailed as heroes by the press for saving some children from a church fire. While Dally made it out alright, Johnny is in critical condition.
Although the Curtis brothers do not have a close relationship at the beginning of the novel, after experiencing the deaths of Bob, Johnny, and Dally, it makes their relationship stronger. The first death that occurs is of Bob Sheldon.
Following another fight with the Socs, Ponyboy and Dally are told to get to the hospital because Johnny is dying. The two boys arrive at the hospital just before Johnny dies in The Outsiders.
The Outsiders - Johnny’s Death Scene (TRY NOT TO CRY)
Who is the real killer in The Outsiders?
Fingerprints and DNA at the crime scene as well as witness accounts all clearly indicate local sports coach Terrence Maitland as the killer, so detective Ralph Anderson orders a public arrest.
Did Johnny get stabbed in The Outsiders? Johnny does not get stabbed in The Outsiders. He does, however, stab Bob, a Soc who had jumped him months before, in order to save Ponyboy.
Sandy was pregnant, and her parents did not want her to marry Sodapop. They sent her to live with her grandmother, to keep her away from Sodapop and so she could have the baby in Florida. With Sandy's pregnancy, The Outsiders highlights Sodapop's sensitivity.
Dally pulls out the unloaded gun he carries, and the police shoot him. Dally collapses to the ground, dead. Ponyboy muses that Dally wanted to die. Feeling dizzy and overwhelmed, Ponyboy passes out.
How does Dally react to Johnny's death? Dally is furious and has a breakdown because Johnny was the one person he actually cared about. Dally is furious at the doctor for not being able to save Johnny.
Dally carrying an unloaded heater, or gun, and Ponyboy recognizing that Dally fell off the deep end after Johnny's death forewarned us about Dally's death as a result of pulling the unloaded gun on police.
Dally's death forces readers to take another serious look at themes that are vital to understanding the novel. One important theme is the evolution of family relationships. In this chapter, Pony is concerned that he may have only called for Soda, not for Darry, while he was sick and barely conscious.
Even though The Outsiders is fictional, the book is based in S.E. Hinton's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hinton published the book in 1967 and the story takes place in the same time period. Though the book may feel like historical fiction for today's readers, it was a work of contemporary fiction when Hinton wrote it.
When Pony looks at Darry he sees that he is crying. In that split second, Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care for him, that he was just trying too hard. After losing his parents, Darry fears losing another loved one.
Dally and Ponyboy make it to the hospital just before he passes away from his injuries. When Dally tells him the Greasers won the rumble, Johnny does not move. He tells them that fighting is useless. Dally tells Johnny that articles are still being written about him in the paper, calling him a hero.
Answer and Explanation: In The Outsiders, Darry feels hatred for Paul Holden because he feels jealousy for Paul, but also because ''he was ashamed to be on our side, ashamed to be seen with the Brumly boys, the Shepard's gang.
The policemen kill Dally. After Johnny dies in the hospital, Dally is so upset, he runs away from Ponyboy and robs a grocery store. The police chase him to the empty lot where the greasers hang out. There, Dally takes out his unloaded gun and threatens the police, who shoot him in self-defense.
In The Outsiders, Dally wants to die because Johnny, the only person he truly loves, has died. Early in the text, Ponyboy describes Dally's life, explaining that he really has no family who cares for him.
sandy cheated on sodapop with another guy. sodapop did not care though and told her he will marry her and he will raise the baby with her despite it not being his, but sandy suddenly moves to florida and leaves sodapop.
In the ensuing argument, Darry slaps Ponyboy. No one in Ponyboy's family has ever hit him before, and Ponyboy storms out of the house in a rage. He feels sure now that Darry does not want him around.
Darry tells Randy that Ponyboy is racked up physically and so emotionally stressed that he doesn't remember what really happened and that's why he thinks he killed Bob. Pony pretends he killed Bob and that Johnny isn't dead because he figured it wouldn't hurt as much.
