Dallas Is A Hero In The Outsider

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A hero is a person who is brave, outstanding, and noble. A hero is someone who is willing to do anything for you at any cost. When people think of heros they usually think of the main character in the story who saves the world and gets the girl in the end, They usually have super powers and stuff like that. But i’m talking about the foil character who does anything and everything for the other characters. Every story has one, And in the outsiders Dallas is the hero.

Even know Dallas has done some bad things in new york here in tulsa he’s done some pretty heroic things. The story starts off with Dallas and the gang saving Ponyboy from the socses so he doesn’t get beat up like Johnny did. Dallas doesn’t show that he loves the gang until

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