Who dies in the outsiders book?

After the fight, Ponyboy and Dally hurry back to see Johnny and find that he is dying. When Johnny dies, Dally loses control and runs from the room in a frenzy.
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Who kills Johnny in the outsiders?

After getting everyone else, including Ponyboy, out of the church, Johnny is hit by a falling timber that breaks his back. Dally tries to save him by dragging him out of the church, but Johnny is hurt pretty badly by the time Dally gets to him.
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Did anyone die in the outsiders?

Things go from bad to worse when Soc members Bob and Randy arrive and attack the two boys. Bob pushes Ponyboy's head into a fountain and nearly drowns him. Johnny comes to his friend's defence and stabs Bob. Unfortunately, Bob is killed.
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Does sodapop die in the outsiders book?

Sodapop is drafted to Vietnam and dies there.
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How did Darry die in the outsiders?

After the show in 2009, he died from cancer. He always lived in the gang's house. He had one kid and got married when Sodapop moved out in 1965 and Ponyboy moved out in 1967. His best friend was a guy from his roofing job that didn't want to be in a gang but him and Darry knew each other since they were in pre-k.
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Does Johnny boy die in the outsiders?

After saving some children from a burning building, Dallas and Ponyboy sustained some injuries. Both in the novel and in the movie, however, the character Johnny endured the worst burns. He fought for his life but eventually died in the hospital. The other Greasers didn't take the news well.
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Does Johnny die in the outsiders book?

After the fight, Ponyboy and Dally hurry back to see Johnny and find that he is dying. When Johnny dies, Dally loses control and runs from the room in a frenzy. Ponyboy stumbles home late that night, feeling dazed and disoriented. He tells the others of Johnny's death.
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How did Dally die?

The police chase him to the empty lot where the greasers hang out. There, Dally takes out his unloaded gun and threatens the police, who shoot him in self-defense. Dally dies with a “look of grim triumph on his face,” and Ponyboy realizes that Dally “wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.”
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Was Sandy from The Outsiders pregnant?

When Pony learns that Sandy's pregnant—not with Soda's kid—and that Sandy's parents refused to let her marry Soda, he realizes Soda has problems too.
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Where did Bob get killed in The Outsiders?

Johnny and Ponyboy fled, but were caught near a fountain. Johnny was pushed to the ground, and then the Socs dunked Ponyboy multiple times in the fountain, and he almost drowned. Johnny then pulled out his switchblade and stabbed Bob, killing him.
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Why is Dally's death significant?

Dally survived by insisting that he was in control of his life and it is fair to surmise that he viewed his death in the same way. Dally's reaction to Johnny's death allows Ponyboy to see Dally in a different light. After seeing him gunned down, Ponyboy thinks, ''Nobody would write editorials praising Dally.
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Why was Dally killed?

Dally wants to die, and he gets his wish. He is gunned down as his gang watches, knowing that Dally always gets what he wants and this time Dally wants to be dead. As these events are happening, Pony's condition is worsening.
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When did Dally die?

Dally calls and says he just robbed a grocery store and is running from the police. The gang rushes out and sees police officers chasing him. Dally pulls out the unloaded gun he carries, and the police shoot him. Dally collapses to the ground, dead.
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Why is Dally so broken after Johnny's death?

Dally is furious and has a breakdown because Johnny was the one person he actually cared about. Dally is furious at the doctor for not being able to save Johnny. He refuses to believe that Johnny died. Dally is in shock and denial that Johnny died.
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What does Dally say when Johnny dies?

Johnny is dying and is not impressed that the greasers won the rumble: "Useless . . . fighting's no good." He asks to speak to Ponyboy, and, leaning over him, Johnny's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
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How was Dally's death foreshadowed?

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. Last we checked, riding in rodeos was no crime, but jumping little kids is pretty bad.
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Does Ponyboy get a girlfriend?

That night, Ponyboy lies in bed awake, recalling his encounter with the Socs. Sodapop tries to convince him that Darry indeed cares for Ponyboy very much, which Ponyboy does not believe. Sodapop then shares with Ponyboy his plan to marry Sandy, his girlfriend.
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Who did Sodapop marry?

History. Sodapop told Ponyboy he was sure he was going to marry Sandy. However, when she got pregnant, she left to go live with her grandmother in Florida. Soda later runs off, saying he hates being in the middle, and it makes him feel more worse because she left him, and he loved her so much.
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Does Soda have a girlfriend?

Tulsa's own Lynne Hatheway Anthony was cast as Sodapop's girlfriend, Sandy. Though her scenes were shot, they were ultimately never used in the film.
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What is Dally's last words?

his last words were "pony".
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How does Johnny Cade die in the book?

They get all of them out, but a piece of roof falls on Johnny's back, breaking it and giving him severe third-degree burns. In the hospital, Johnny will only see Dally, Ponyboy and Two-bit, refusing point-blank to see his mother. He dies shortly after the rumble, telling Pony to "Stay gold."
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What happens in the end of the outsiders?

Jack's conscience finally overpowers the El Coco in his head and he lets himself get bit by a rattlesnake. He then commits suicide via his rifle, but not before telling Ralph, Holly, Yunis Sablo (Yul Vazquez), and Claude Bolton (Paddy Considine), “It's in there. Kill it.”
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What is Dally's last name in The Outsiders?

Dallas Winston

The toughest hood in Ponyboy's group of greasers. Dallas, known as “Dally,” is a hardened teen who used to run with gangs in New York.
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