Why Did Dally And Ponyboy Get Pulled Over By The Cops?

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Dally and Ponyboy are pulled over for speeding on the way to the hospital.

Why do the cops go after 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.

Why does Dally pull the gun out in front of the cops why does Ponyboy say it’s what Dally wanted?

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.

What did Dally tell the police about Ponyboy and Johnny?

What does Dally tell the police when he is stopped? He said that “fighting is no good” and he told Ponyboy to “Stay gold.” He means that Ponyboy should be true to himself. What are the last two things Johnny says?

Who did Ponyboy and Johnny go to for escape the police?

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.

Did soda get Sandy pregnant?

She indeed cheated on Soda and got pregnant with someone else. Soda wanted to marry her, and help care for the baby, but she told him to stay away from her, moving to Florida to live with her grandparents.

What crimes Dally commit?

Dally robs a grocery store, waves a (probably) unloaded gun at armed police officer, and goes down in blaze of gunfire. Dallas was smart, and he knew full well what would happen if he showed the cops his gun: they would shoot him and he would die. Pony’s analysis seems right on. But why did Dally want to die?

What happens when the police pull Dally and Ponyboy over as they are on the way to the hospital?

A policeman stops them, but Ponyboy feigns an injury, and the officer gives them an escort to the hospital. Ponyboy and Dally find Johnny dying. Johnny moans that fighting is useless, tells Ponyboy to “[s]tay gold,” and then dies.

What did Dally tell the policeman when he was pulled over for speeding?

On their way to the hospital, they are stopped by a policeman for speeding. Dally lies to them saying that Ponyboy is injured and needs to be rushed to the hospital.

Why did Dally cut himself in the outsiders?

Dally felt his purpose in life was to protect Johnny. When he couldn’t do this, the guilt came rushing to him, even if Johnny dying wasn’t Dally’s fault. He thought he had no purprose anymore and made the spare-of-the-moment decision to kill himself at the hands of another.

Are Dally and Johnny in love?

The flap started on Monday after Hinton responded to a tweet from a reader asking whether there were “any romantic feelings” between the characters Johnny and Dallas, two members of the Greasers gang. “No.

What did Dally go to jail for?

They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids— he did everything.” (Hinton, 10,11).

Why doesn’t Dally want Johnny to turn himself in to the police explain?

Dally is afraid that Johnny will go to jail and become hardened like he is, which he doesn’t want to see happen.

Why did Dally hit Ponyboy in the church?

Ponyboy and Johnny had rushed in to save the kids after that a big piece of amber fell onto Johnny’s back. Ponyboy’s back was on fire but he didn’t feel it because Dally had given him a leather jacket. Dally ran in and knocked Ponyboy out because his back was on fire and carried Johnny out of the burning church.

What does Johnny leave for Ponyboy when he dies?

Johnny’s Letter is a letter in the copy of Gone With The Wind that Johnny asked the nurse in the hospital to give to Ponyboy.

Who is the SOC Johnny killed while defending Ponyboy?

In this chapter, Johnny Cade kills Bob, the leader of the Socs. The two Greasers named Ponyboy and Johnny had gotten into a confrontation with the two Soc boys, Bob and Randy, because they had hit on the Soc’s girlfriends.

Who is Sandy’s baby daddy?

Simon has three serious girlfriends over the course of the show; Deena, Cecilia and Rose. Simon later gets involved with a girl that he knew from college, named Sandy; who has a son, named Aaron, fathered by Martin Brewer.

What is Sandy’s eye color?

Sandy is an extremely beautiful Australian older teenage girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion. Throughout the majority of the film, Sandy wears very feminine clothes, such as a skirt-and-sweater set that are always in pastel colors, like yellow and pink etc.

Who gets pregnant in The Outsiders?

When Pony learns that Sandy’s pregnant—not with Soda’s kid—and that Sandy’s parents refused to let her marry Soda, he realizes Soda has problems too. Since we only end up hearing this information from Darrel, some readers wonder if Sandy’s really pregnant, who the father is, and why she was sent out of town.

Who is Dally girlfriend?

Sylvia is Dally’s ex-girlfriend who cheated on him while he was in prison at the beginning of the novel. This was found out when Johnny pointed out that Dally had his ring back. She does not make an appearance in the movie, but she is mentioned by Dally near the beginning.

What is the one thing Dally loved?

Johnny
Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted.” And Dally needs Johnny as much as Johnny needs Dally. Ponyboy realizes this truth after Johnny’s death. When he tries to make sense of Dally’s reaction to Johnny’s death, it dawns on him, “Johnny was the only thing that Dally loved.

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