What Does Darry Curtis Care About?

Darry gives up the possibility of going to college and playing football so that he can take a job as a menial laborer and provide for their family. Despite his hard-working nature and ability to differentiate right from wrong, Darry also loves fighting, and is proud to use his strong body to defend the other greasers.

Who does Darry care about?

Darry Curtis has strong personality traits and is committed to his two younger brothers, Sodapop and Ponyboy.

How is Darry caring in the outsiders?

Darry is caring because he takes care of his brothers, loves them, and, as I said before, puts their lives before his. Sacrifing everything until not being able to university. He keeps them as a family whatever happens because he doesn’t want them to be seperated in a foster home or orphelinat.

What are Darry’s goals?

Darry is very intelligent and athletic. He wants Ponyboy to grow up well and go to college since that is an opportunity he and Soda, the middle brother, missed out on. He wishes that he could go back to college but won’t because of financial problems and because he won’t leave his younger brothers.

What does Darry fight for?

Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity.

Does Darry care about Ponyboy?

Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care about him; Darry is strict because he loves Ponyboy and wants him to succeed. Ponyboy runs across the room and embraces his brother, thinking that everything will be fine once he gets home.

What did Darry sacrifice?

In the text Ponyboy says, “…Darry worked on two jobs at once …” (91). Darry sacrifices his own education, dropping out of college, and working two jobs in order to take care of his brothers.

What are Darry’s direct quotes?

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• “You don’t ever think,” Darry broke in, “not at home or anywhere when it counts.”
• “I reckon it never occurred to you that your brothers might be worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police because something like that could get you two thrown in a boy’s home so quick it’d make your head spin.”

Why is Darry taking care of Ponyboy and Soda?

Darry and Sodapop Curtis are Ponyboy’s older brothers who, along with being greasers, are adjusting to life on their own. Darry has taken over the responsibility of guardianship, forfeiting college and working to enable the three of them to stay together.

What is Darry’s attitude?

This harsh life in the harsh world explains a lot about his smothering attitude to Ponyboy and Soda and his strictness towards the rest of the gang. He considers the gang members his family and demands obedience so that he can protect them in the best way from real dangers like being killed, beaten, robbed or raped.

Who is Darry a hero for?

One of the ways Darry shows his heroism is when he takes over as Ponyboy and Sodapop’s parents. Darry is the oldest of the three brothers, so he felt that is was his duty to raise his brothers since his parents were killed in a car accident.

What is the only thing that keeps Darry from being a SOC?

Dally wants the greasers to win the rumble for Johnny. When Two-Bit says, “You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein’ a Soc is us” (126), he means that of all the greasers Darry was the only one who could have been a Soc; he was smart, athletic, and good-looking.

What is Darry’s ultimate fear?

Darry’s biggest fear was losing Ponyboy (or Soda) as they had lost their parents. This is revealed in Chapter 6 when Darry and Sodapop visit Ponyboy in hospital. Ponyboy finally realises that the reason that Darry has been so hard on him is because of his love for his brothers, not because he does not like Ponyboy.

Who is the only greaser who doesn’t like fights?

8. Who is the only Greaser who doesn’t like fights? – The only Greaser who doesn’t like fights would be Johnny, as he says before he dies that fighting is useless.

Why do you like fights Darry?

He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop”

What does Darry look like?

“Darry is six-feet-two, and broad-shouldered and muscular. He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back— just like [their] Dad’s— but Darry’s eyes are his own. He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice.

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.

Is Darry Ponyboys dad?

History. After Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were killed in a fatal car accident ,their eldest son, Darrel (20), was placed as the legal guardian of his two younger brothers, Sodapop (17), and Ponyboy (14).

How does Darry treat Ponyboy?

Darry treats Ponyboy the way he does because he wants what is best for him. He knows that Ponyboy has the potential to go far in life and he doesn’t want him to mess up.

How was Dally’s death foreshadowed?

Tough Guy. Notice the “used to.” This is some subtle foreshadowing. Pony no longer sketches Dally because Dally’s already dead when Pony’s writing. His death is one of his reasons Pony’s writing this piece in the first place.

Who dies at the end of the outsiders?

When Ponyboy and Johnny flee after Darry hit Ponyboy they run into their rivals Bob and his best friend Randy Adderson. Bob takes Ponyboy and starts drowning him until Johnny gets his switchblade out and kills Bob. After this, Johnny dies.