Armstrong A kid named ponyboy chooses what impact he wants on his town and what he wants to do with the greasers and how will the socs leave the greasers alone through his journey for himself and through his friends. the greasers and socs are rivals since the socs hate and beat on the greasers and the greasers do the same back, the socs mock the greasers and no one really cares for the greasers since they were seen as hoodlums. This points to why most people would start seeing how Ponyboy hates the socs and doesn't see them as human as well as the town. This is Ponyboys decision to have a greater impact on his friend's lives, the soc's lives, and the town's benefit. This is the impact of the idea that ponyboy sees socs as humans or doesn't see them as humans at all. When Ponyboy meets Cherry he started to see that the Socs maybe were human and different and not all the same since he and cherry had a good relationship. When she told him “were not all like that Ponyboy”, shows how ponyboy started seeing a soc as a human and he even got quite comfortable with her as well to where he had a little bit of trust for her when she stood up for him and defended him. while some people may argue that Ponyboy never softened his hatred of the socs, his interactions with Cherry and Randy and the death of Bob taught ponyboy that the socs are also human, and how …show more content…
This idea is based on Pony’s coldness and willingness to kill some of the Socs with a broken Pepsi bottle, “I felt nothing. Just numb” (Hinton, 170). However, such a conclusion overlooks Ponyboy then picking up the broken glass to prevent anyone from having flat tire (172). Although it might appear that Ponyboy has become as hardened as Dally when Pony challenges the Socs with the broken bottle, his concern for the tires of unknown drivers reveals that Ponyboy still has a social conscience and is not filled with