Dallas Winston: The Outsiders’ Tragic Anti-Hero

“I was crazy, you know. I was crazy for wanting to be with Johnny so bad.” These words, unspoken but deeply felt, encapsulate the essence of Dallas Winston, a figure both revered and feared in S.E. Hinton’s timeless classic, *The Outsiders*. More than just a rebellious greaser, Dallas, often referred to as Dally, represents a…

Dally Winston: The Outsider’s Outsider in S.E. Hinton’s *The Outsiders*

“I didn’t want to die. Not even… not even if I was going six miles an hour, tops. Hardly anything in the world is as lousy as dying. I knew that then.” This stark confession, though not Dally’s words precisely, encapsulates the tragic, desperate existence of Dallas “Dally” Winston, a central figure in S.E. Hinton’s…