Dallas is intelligent because he had to learn how to fend for himself. He can be self-destructive because his time spent in jail was a negative experience. Dallas has a protective side for his gang because he does not have a family to protect and care for him, therefore, he finds it in another place. He is a bruiser yet he will protect his gang with all of his might. His troubled past with his family could be one of the reasons on why he is self-destructive in many ways. Dallas has a strong attitude which he claims came from his time spent in jail. Dallas loses his mind when he finds out that Johnny has died, he then gets himself killed by police by acting out with an unloaded gun. Now, because of the death of a member from the rivalry gang, there is a Royal Rumble which will result in plenty of chaos. When one of the members accidentally kills a rivalry gang member by accident, they have to hide until it is safe. In the film, The Greasers are a gang that will look out for each other no matter what because they are a family. Dallas depicts a Byronic hero by his choices and actions throughout the film. The self-destructive aspects comes from when the character began to lose his mind when Johnny dies and causes a commotion that gets himself shot to death. Dallas is intelligent and perceptive because he helped Ponyboy and Johnny (members of The Greasers) hideout from the police when they accidentally murdered a rivalry gang member. Dallas seems to have a troubled past and suffering from his family which he has no contact with and also because he went to jail. The three aspects he portrays are: 1) having a troubled past or suffering from an unnamed crime 2) intelligent and perceptive and 3) self-destructive. Dallas Winston is the Byronic hero because of the qualities he possesses resonate the most with this archetype. He can have a strong attitude, but he will fight to the death for his gang. Dallas came from New York and seems to have no family other than his gang, the Greasers. The hero that I am focusing on today is Dallas Winston. The Outsiders is a coming-of-age film released in 1983 in which Francis Ford Coppola based on the S.E.
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