he just wants to scare the socs. Since johnny killed a soc bob his friends now jump on greasers.
a heater
A heater is a word for a gun, and Dally carries an unloaded gun for protection
He is shot by the police after he robs a grocery store after he pulls out his unloaded heater(gun) after he sees Johnny Cade's death in the hospital. Dally dies because Johnny was the only thing that Dally loved, and after Johnny died, Dally couldn't take not having Johnny there.
He gives them a gun and I think some money and he tells them to go to an abondend church in the country.
More or less, it was for intimidation. It was Soc against grease because of Bob's death. Greasers couldn't walk around alone without being jumped. If they did, they better have a weapon. Dally had the heater for show, not for murder.
There was no set answer to this in the book. One can infer that it was to keep up the entire tough guy act that he did and to protect the ones he loved.
Dally's girlfriend.
Dally is 17
He phones the Curtis' house to ask them to come try to save him from the police, but they are too late and he is shot upon their arrival.
Dally is 17
Dally moved from New York.
Dally.