HELP ME OUT PLEASE From the statement, "If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas...and I don't mean dead, either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead," the reader understands that-

Ponyboy wishes he could be brave like Dally

Dally only cared about himself and no one else

Dally wanted to die because he didn't care about anyone

caring about nothing makes you cold and mean​

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.