Who gave Ponyboy a gun?

Knowing that Dally is the gang member with the resources to help them, they go in search of him to a party at the home of Buck Merril, Dally's rodeo partner. They find Dally there, and he provides them with $50, a gun, warm, dry clothes for Pony, and a plan that includes a safe hiding place.
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Who gave Ponyboy a gun in The Outsiders?

Desperate and terrified, Ponyboy and Johnny hurry to find Dally Winston, the one person they think might be able to help them. Dally gives them a gun and some money and sends them to an abandoned church near the neighboring town of Windrixville.
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What did Dally give Ponyboy?

After when they had escaped, Dally gave them a gun, money, and Dally's leather jacket. Dally gave his leather jacket to Ponyboy. When Ponyboy and Johnny got to the place that Dally had told them to go, which was a very old church.
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What page does Dally give Ponyboy a gun?

"The fight for self-preservation had hardened him against caring." Chapter 4, pg. 59 Dally gives the boys some money and a gun, and worries about what Darry and Sodapop will say when they find out about this.
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What does Ponyboy realize about the gun?

Ponyboy remembers Dally telling him that the gun that he carries is never loaded. However, there is no way that the police could have known that the gun was empty. Ponyboy says, ''I knew he would be dead, because Dallas Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.
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The Outsiders - Dally’s Advice

Why is Dally so broken after Johnny's death?

After Johnny's death, Dally doesn't know how to live anymore. He cared for Johnny more than the rest of his family with the Greasers. Unable to cope, Dally robs a store and aims an unloaded gun at the police, and forces them to kill him.
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Why does Ponyboy blame himself for the killing?

Pony may be thinking that he is equally guilty of killing Bob because he was at the scene. Legally, he could be held partially responsible because he aided and abetted a known criminal when he and Johnny fled the law. Or he may consider himself guilty simply because he is a greaser.
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Why did Dally hit Pony?

9. Why does Dally hit Ponyboy across the back when he comes out of the burning church? Ponyboy doesn't realize it, but his back is on fire.
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Why did Dally pull out the gun?

Dally knew what he wanted after the death of Johnny: He wanted to die. He pulled an unloaded gun in order to force the police to shoot him. The fact that his gang witnessed the death of their second gang member in one day suggests that perhaps the circle of light was for them.
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Why did Dally carry a gun?

Answer and Explanation: In The Outsiders, a heater is slang for a gun. Dally is armed because of the increased tension between the Socs and the Greasers. Ever since Johnny killed Bob, Dally has been worried that the other Socs will come after the rest of the gang for revenge.
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How was Dally's death foreshadowed?

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.
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How did Dally sacrifice himself?

Dally is shot by police after robbing a grocery store with an unloaded gun. He is cornered by the police, and raises the gun at them. They shoot and kill him.
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What was the only thing Dally loved?

Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone. "So he finally broke." Two-Bit spoke everyone's feelings. "So even Dally has a breaking point." I started shaking.
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Who did Ponyboy stab?

Johnny was pushed to the ground, and then the Socs dunked Ponyboy multiple times in the fountain, and he almost drowned. Johnny then pulled out his knife and stabbed Bob, killing him.
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Who tried to drown Ponyboy?

In Chapter Four, David, a Soc, was drowning Ponyboy. David held Ponyboy's head underwater in the direction of Bob who was angry with Ponyboy for hitting on his girlfriend.
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Who hit Ponyboy?

Ponyboy walks home and finds Darry furious with him for staying out so late. 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.
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Why was Dally killed?

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.
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Why did Dally go to jail?

Dally is a criminal who did many bad things, and had gone to jail many times. Dally has been involved in many gang related crimes. He lied, he cheated, and he stole. He also went to rodeos and rumbles.
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Did Dally want to be dead?

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.
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Did Dally fall in love with Johnny?

Ponyboy explains that Dally does not love anyone except for Johnny. As soon as Johnny comes to him for help, he immediately concocts a plan to help protect him. Johnny is also the only other Greaser who Dally listens to, and he does not react angrily when Johnny stands up to him.
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Why did Cherry like Dally?

She finds herself attracted to Dally, who is crass and unrefined but also sexy and charismatic. Despite all her attraction to the greasers, moreover, she is not completely free of group prejudice. She tells Ponyboy that she probably won't say hello to him at school, acknowledging that she respects social divisions.
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Why does Darry hate Paul?

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.
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Why did Ponyboy say he killed Bob?

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.
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Why do you think Johnny killed Bob?

How was Bob killed in The Outsiders? Bob was killed by Johnny with a six-inch switchblade. Johnny killed Bob because, if he didn't, Ponyboy would have been drowned by another of the Socs.
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Who killed Johnny in The Outsiders?

Answer and Explanation: In The Outsiders, Johnny dies as a result of burns and a spinal injury sustained while rescuing children from the burning church.
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