In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Ponyboy and Dally are not related. Ponyboy and Dally are both in a gang called The Greasers. Despite this similarity, they are in fact very different characters with different backgrounds. Ponyboy lives with his two brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Darry is short for Darrell and he is the oldest sibling of Ponyboy. The three Curtis brothers (Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy) support each other even after losing their parents. On the other hand, Dally (short for Dallas) had a much rougher background which involved being jailed several times. He did not have the family support that Ponyboy had.
However, it is easy to mistake Ponyboy and Dally for brothers due to their few similarities. One example being their shared feelings for Johnny, another member of The Greasers. They both care very deeply for Johnny and both Ponyboy and Dally were affected deeply when he died in the novel.
No, Ponyboy and Dally are not related in The Outsiders, a 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton. You might be confusing Dally with Darry, who is Ponyboy's oldest brother in the story. Darry is short for Darrel, and Dally is short for Dallas.
Dallas—Dally—is the roughest, toughest, most street-wise member of the Greasers, a gang of lower-class kids whose rivals are an upper-class gang called the Socs. Darry—Darrell—is the oldest of the three Curtis brothers (Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy). He is in charge of caring for his two younger brothers after their parents are killed in a car crash. The story is narrated by Ponyboy.
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