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​