They provoke Johnny and Ponyboy and then they provoke them back which offends the Socs. This is when Bob tells Randy to basically drown Ponyboy which he does in the heat of the conflict Johnny kills Bob.
At that time, his entire lifestyle began to change. He went from a high-achieving student to being expelled from college in a short period of time. Randy accused the Dean of being out to get him and even suggested that the Dean stole his girlfriend. After moving back home he became even more withdrawn and paranoid. He talked to himself and often yelled at the television.
The theme is developed through Johnny stabbing Bob because Bob was drowning Ponyboy in the big water fountain. In the story Ponyboy was cussing out the socs, and the socs attacked Ponyboy. On page 56 Ponyboy says— ‘“They grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back and shoved my face in the fountain, the next thing I knew, I was laying on the pavement floor’” and on page 56 Johnny says ‘“I killed him I killed that boy’”. This demonstrates the importance of violence, because Bob dies and Ponyboy gets injured. If Ponyboy didn’t start cussing the socs out, then Bob wouldn’t have been dead.
On their way back, they see Cherry who tells them the Socs are willing to fight fairly, without weapons, and that Randy will not be at the rumble. Pony and Cherry get into a misunderstanding because Cherry says she is unable to visit Johnny because he is Bob’s
There is still going to be hate between the greasers and the Socs. The rumble is over but that does not mean so if the fight between the two gangs. It did not help it just hurt people and probably made the Socs hate the greasers more because they
Ultimately, the Socs are to blame for Bob’s death because the Socs have all the breaks and instigated the attack by approaching the Greasers, leading Johnny to unwittingly kill Bob. While some people say Johnny is to blame because he and Ponyboy could escape, in the end the Socs are the real culprits because they have all
This is essentially the death of the queen bee when it comes with the socs. When Johnny kills Bob the immediate reaction is to run because of the severity of the situation. In the quote, “I killed him Pony… we gotta run” (56-57). Johhny and Ponyboy ended up running away after the altercation for fear of getting arrested. Without telling their families leaving them worried and without answers and it also leaves Darry feeling guilty for slapping Ponyboy.
Randy does not show the Soc stereotype when he shares that he is sick of fights, and how he sees that fighting will do no good to them. Randy reveals his pain and views to be unique and completely different from the Soc stereotype, which is significant because it indicates that Socs are only united because of their social class, but all have individual thoughts and feelings. When Ponyboy talks to Cherry after he comes back from the hospital, he asks her, “‘Can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?’ She blinked,
When Johnny killed Bob he started talking to Ponyboy on why he did it. “His voice wavered slightly. ’I had to. They might have killed you. And they had a blade...
The greasers just have spirit and a broken bottle. When the socs jump Two-bit, Johnny, and ponyboy all they have is broken bottles off the ground. The socs have a nice car, and knives. This is one of the reasons they think they can beat the greasers. The socs make the fights because of their money they feel dangerous.
In other words, fight. They decided to have this rumble for many reasons. One reason would be to figure out what places the other gang can't go, and just because the gangs were tired of each other. They wanted to solve all their problems. The greasers decided to dedicate this rumble to Jonny.
During their conversation, Randy says, “I’m sick of all this. Sick and tired,” (Hinton 116). By “all this” Randy means all the fighting and hatred between the Socs and Greasers. This conversation was very important to the story because it was one of the first times a Soc went up to a Greaser and they attempted to understand each other. Randy wanted peace, which was something hardly and Socs seemed to want.
Before the rumble, Ponyboy realized the difference between his gang and the Socs. The greasers weren’t just a gang; they had a strong connection. The Socs were just a gang; they had no compassion, no love. Dally killed himself because of Johnny’s death but Randy hid his feelings not wanting to show them; his reputation mattered more. “That was the difference between his gang and ours- they had a leader and were
Throughout the novel we see the Greasers and the Soc in constant conflict, fighting and rumbling for gang dominance. Ponyboy is greatly affected by this and is already questioning the point of violence. Close to the end of the text the Greasers and the Socs plan a rumble to occur one night. Before the fight, Ponyboy meets Randy Anderson (a Soc) at the Tasty Freeze Diner where they have a conversation. Ponyboy realises that Randy is, “not going to show at the rumble” and that he is, “sick of rumbles because they don't do any good.”
Before the rumble Ponyboy realized the difference between his gang and the Socs. “That was the difference between his gang and ours- they had a leader and were organized; we were just buddies who stuck together- each man was his own leader.(Hinton 138)”. The Socs were just a group of adolescents together for social reasons and were engaging delinquent behavior. The greasers stood up for more than that; they stood up for Johnny, for the hard times they’ve been through, for their respect.
