The Outsiders : Why was Dallas so upset

He didn't really have that much of a connection with Johnny and he just seemed to go off the deep end very quickly at the end of the film. Great film but I wish they made it 20 minutes longer in the last act. Just felt rushed.

Johnny was the little brother, the "pet" of the gang. He was mistreated at home and they all looked after him. It is explained more in the book!


"If you can't change the people around you, change the people around you"

Yeah, Dillon played such an sshle you would've thought nothing would upset him. I really thought he was great in this.

"I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."

No, actually the way Dillon played the character of Dallas he seemed quite upset throughout the film. The injustice the Greasers suffered at the hands of the Soc's really bothered him. And when Pony and Johnny came to him at the roadhouse you could tell he cared about them despite his tough persona.

And I agree he was great in this role - as were the other actors in this film.

It seemed Dally was the link between Pony, Johnny and the older Greasers. Pony and Johnny were tight with Dallas, so all the tension and the fact that even though they won the rumble, things would always be the same between Greasers and Soc's, he couldn't take it anymore.

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I haven't seen the movie in years, but just finished the book again. Johnny was the only thing Dallas loved. The whole gang had this protective love for Johnny, but not like Dallas had. Johnny looked up to Dallas and Dallas loved him. When Johnny died, he felt he had nothing else to live for because he had nothing else: