What does Ponyboy think of Dally as?

Ponyboy thinks of Dally as a tough guy. He thinks that Dallas has survived the streets and prison. Pony thinks this has made Dally harder than others. Ponyboy describes him as having "an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white it was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world." He is a jockey, and surprisingly doesn't fix races; it's "the only thing Dally did honestly." Although he is only seventeen years old, "the fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring."

he doesn't like him and thinks that he doesn't care about anyone, and people like Dally were what made people think that greasers were no better than hoods. but dallys smart and you got to respect him.

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He believes that Dally is a beautiful person but simply does not know how to express his feelings in a positive manner. This is why he gets in trouble and helps them run away; he views PonyBoy and his best friend as the problems in his life and sets them free to be out on their own. This was symbolism; this was showing that Dally wanted his problems to run away from him, since he feared that he himself could not outrun them. After this, he became depressed. He went over to a police officer and handed him all the money he had and said, "At the end of this book, I'm going to pull out an unloaded gun and I want you to shoot me. Make sure you do this at the very end of this book, or I will be unhappy." The officer carried out Dally's will, but he also took all of the money in Dally's name and became a wanted thief. He coincidentally ran into Ponyboy on a train, and Ponyboy was all, "Oh yes yes. Hop-a-hop on the train. We are on the fail train of life woo WOO." The officer stared deep into Ponyboy's eyes, and there was an instant connection. Later on the officer became Ponyboy's adopted father. However, 20 years later their father-son relationship came to an end when Ponyboy stated these words: "You know, I dislike pigs. However, I really do enjoy good bacon." The officer took offense and sent Ponyboy to a rehab clinic where he met Dally, who was like, "Ahahah y'all suckas thought I was gone but I not and I does be rollin' in a benz." Ponyboy had officially gone crazy, and decided he was in the movie Inception, and that he had to jump out of a window to wake up from his dream, which resulted in his premature demise. The End.