Cherry and Marcia are Soc girls who go to the same high school as Ponyboy and Johnny. They meet Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy at the drive-in movies. Though the girls are initially put off by Dally's rude behavior, they end up befriending Johnny and Ponyboy after Dally leaves the drive-in theater.
She is the closest thing Ponyboy has to a love interest in the novel and is from the Socs. It is heavily implied that she had romantic feelings for him and Dallas Winston.
She finds herself attracted to Dally, who is crass and unrefined but also sexy and charismatic. Despite all her attraction to the greasers, moreover, she is not completely free of group prejudice. She tells Ponyboy that she probably won't say hello to him at school, acknowledging that she respects social divisions.
Cherry's boyfriend. Bob is the dark-haired Soc who beats up Johnny before the novel begins. Bob has a set of three heavy rings, which he wears when he fights greasers.
Even though she grew up with Bob and he was her boyfriend, she knew that his death had been his own doing, and she shows her true character when she essentially turns her back on the Socs and agrees to help the greasers, namely Dally Winston, by sharing information with them.
Sherri "Cherry" Valance: Bob's girlfriend, attends the same high school as Ponyboy. Marcia: Cherry's best friend. Robert "Bob" Sheldon: Cherry's boyfriend, he is stabbed by Johnny.
Pony Boy is now married to Cherry with twins, Dally and Johnny, who go to school and are very smart. They moved to Florida where he owns his own workout gym.
cherry later tells Pony that "I could fall in love with Dallas Winston... I hope I never see him again, or I will." For Cherry, Dally is a type of forbidden fruit. being with him will make her parents and friends angry, but would keep Cherry alive with excitement. she craves danger and excitement.
Answer and Explanation: In The Outsiders, Darry feels hatred for Paul Holden because he feels jealousy for Paul, but also because ''he was ashamed to be on our side, ashamed to be seen with the Brumly boys, the Shepard's gang.
Cherry and Marcia are Soc girls who go to the same high school as Ponyboy and Johnny. They meet Dally, Johnny, and Ponyboy at the drive-in movies. Though the girls are initially put off by Dally's rude behavior, they end up befriending Johnny and Ponyboy after Dally leaves the drive-in theater.
Ponyboy explains that Dally does not love anyone except for Johnny. As soon as Johnny comes to him for help, he immediately concocts a plan to help protect him. Johnny is also the only other Greaser who Dally listens to, and he does not react angrily when Johnny stands up to him.
The girls are the target of Dally's nasty and rude comments, but he buys them sodas to "cool them off." Cherry throws her soda into Dally's face and the situation is tense until Johnny steps in to defend her, which is surprising given that Johnny worships Dally and considers him his hero.
One night Ponyboy and fellow Greasers, Johnny, and Dally go out to the movies and meet up with two Soc girls named Cherry and Marcia. Ponyboy strikes up a friendship with Cherry; they bond over their love of sunsets, and Ponyboy starts to see that he and Cherry are alike even though she is a Soc girl and he, a Greaser.
Even though The Outsiders is fictional, the book is based in S.E. Hinton's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hinton published the book in 1967 and the story takes place in the same time period. Though the book may feel like historical fiction for today's readers, it was a work of contemporary fiction when Hinton wrote it.
In the ensuing argument, Darry slaps Ponyboy. No one in Ponyboy's family has ever hit him before, and Ponyboy storms out of the house in a rage. He feels sure now that Darry does not want him around.
When Pony looks at Darry he sees that he is crying. In that split second, Ponyboy realizes that Darry does care for him, that he was just trying too hard. After losing his parents, Darry fears losing another loved one.
In Chapter 3, Cherry Valance says that she could fall in love with Dallas Winston. Despite the fact that Cherry is a Soc from an affluent family and Dally is a poor Greaser, Cherry is attracted to him. Similar to Cherry's boyfriend, Bob Sheldon, Dally is a reckless, thrill-seeker. Both boys enjoy partying and fighting.
Cherry tells Ponyboy she liked him from the start because of the way he talked and because he is a nice kid, which is a rarity, and she wanted to help him and the other Greasers. Ponyboy asks her if she could see the sunset well from the West Side, and she confirms this as true.
At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy meets Cherry Valance and her friend, Marcia, at the drive-ins. Although Cherry is a Soc cheerleader who dates Bob Sheldon, the two characters share a connection after Johnny stands up to Dally for annoying the girls.
Ponyboy asks Sodapop about Sandy and learns that she got pregnant and moved to Florida. Her parents refused to let her marry Sodapop because of his age, so Sandy left to live with her grandmother. Sodapop and Darry go to work, and Two-Bit and Ponyboy go to get Cokes at the Tasty Freeze.
Ponyboy even says at one point that he loves Sodapop more than he had ever loved their parents. Ponyboy eventually grows closer to Darry throughout the novel and has a close relationship with Johnny for a while when they run away together.
