Dally tells his brothers this, and there is some substance
to his argument. Firstly, Dally was intelligent enough to stay on at school unlike the
lovable but empty-headed Soda. We also discover that Dally gave up a football
scholarship to get a job to support his family. Dally had taken on the role of head of
the household as their parents had been killed in a car
accident.
Dally also has a little more in common with the
Socs in that he has his hair neat and is clean-shaven. This could be interpreted as part
of the sacrifice that he has to accept in order to keep his job, or it could be him
keeping some of his identity beyond that of a gang member.
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