The Outsiders
why do you think dally is so dependent on the switch blade in chapter 9? what underlying message does this have?
ANSWER IN FULL SENTENCES
ANSWER IN FULL SENTENCES
Dally explains that he escaped the hospital by threatening a nurse with Two-Bit's switchblade. Dally really doesn't know how to ask for things. He uses the threat of violence when he is faced with authority figures like the nurse.