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Why does Ponyboy use the word “gallant to describe the way Dally died?

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Ponyboy believes that Dally dies gallantly because he went out in a blaze of fire.... exactly the way he wanted to. Nobody would write editorials praising Dally. Two friends of mine had died that night: one a hero, the other a hoodlum.

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