Cherry Valance In The Outsider

In the novel The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, Cherry Valance is a Soc who befriends Ponyboy and many other greasers at the beginning of the story, even though the greasers and Socs despise each other. She is mainly involved with the story because she understands the problems that greasers have and even admits to having her own problems. Cherry is also an influential character in the story because she affects Ponyboy’s initial judgement on the greasers and the Socs. She also relates to the theme as she grows and changes as the story progresses. Even though many characters, such as Ponyboy and Dally, have different perspectives on her, Cherry is an important figure in The Outsiders. Throughout the story, Cherry is involved in her group because she is mainly classified as a Soc. She is also the girlfriend of Bob Sheldon, who dislikes greasers and had beaten Johnny up before in the past. Cherry has an external conflict with Bob’s drinking, as she says that she’d never go out with Bob if he has liquor,

One of these internal conflicts is mainly about the judgements on both the Socs and the greasers. Earlier in the story, at the Nightly Double, Ponyboy thinks that Socs like to jump greasers, but Cherry says, “That’s like saying all you greasers are like Dallas Winston.” She says this because she doesn’t like the bad judgements on the Socs as well as the greasers. Another internal conflict that Cherry has in The Outsiders is violence, because she can’t stand to see anyone get hurt. While Ponyboy, Cherry, and the others are at the Nightly Double, she asks Two-Bit if he believes in playing rough and becomes uncomfortable when Two-Bit gets ready to fight Bob. These particular conflicts and the other emotions that Cherry has throughout the story are caused mainly by the rivalry between the greasers and Socs, as it is evident that each group dislikes each