Ponyboy listens to randy, cherry, and the other socs testify, all the while feeling frustrated that they keep saying johnny killed bob. The new york times taut with tension, filled with drama. But i couldnt have cared less about what randy thought. Twobit hands a broken pop bottle to ponyboy and flips out his switchblade then, pity the backseat. Hintons gritty comingofage story follows the greasers narrator ponyboy curtis, his protective older brothers. Although in the beginning of the book the socs and greasers hate each other, they begin to realise they are not that. Randy adderson marcias boyfriend and bobs best friend. Marcia wouldnt let a free offer slip by her, evident when she drinks the coke given to her by dally, in contrast to cherry, who. Look, greaser, we got four more of us in the backseat. The outsiders round and flat characters showing 144 of 44. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is an outsider.
Even stans last name, marsh, was my dads stepfathers name. Ponyboy, twobit and randy meet and talk at the tastee freez. He probably participated in the beating of johnny, and certainly in the violence against other greasers. Sep 08, 2011 some cast members from the outsiders duration. The outsiders was writen by s e hinton and was published in 1967. When he tries to reassure ponyboy by telling him that he didnt do anything criminal, ponyboy insists that he, and not johnny, was the one who killed bob. Marcia is stated to be attractive, and has short, dark hair. The outsiders 1983 darren dalton as randy anderson imdb. What was the conversation about with randy and ponyboy in the. Ponyboy greasers and randy soc represent two very different worlds full of constant turmoil and fighting.
Randy adderson and david, the guy who tried to drown pony, are in the car. Subscribe people who are feeling bullied and people who feel like outsiders should talk to their parents and guardians about finding a place with likeminded people where they can feel accepted. The rivalry between two gangs, the poor greasers and the rich socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Stans father, randy my dads name is randy thats my drawing of my dad. Randy adderson called randy anderson in the film is a soc in the outsiders, and a minor antagonist turned supporting tritagonist. After bobs death, randy stops pony on the street and tells him that the fighting between the socs and the greasers is pointless. The outsiders is a book about sensitive teenage boys who alternately get into gang fights, hug one another, and burst into tears. Pony gets into the car to talk with randy, while randys friends and twobit wait for them.
In chapter 7, ponyboy meets with randy adderson inside of randy s blue mustang in the parking lot of the tasty freeze soda shop. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status. Randy is tall and is said to have a semibeatle haircut. At this point, they are holding him down with a knife at his throat. Hinton thoughtfully crafted the outsiders out of her own experiences.
In this moment, the friendship and loyalty he feels for two socs, randy and cherry, allow him to understand that everyone is an individual who needs love and support. Life is messy, bruising, but also full of intoxicating adventures. Praise for the outsiders the outsiders transformed youngadult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world. Randy is marcias boyfriend, as well as bobs best friend and partner in crime. Philadelphia daily news what its like to live lonely and. A story written in 1965 is still relevant today and captivates the reader with a youthful, slangy writing style which allows the reader to bond with the characters.
Sherri valance is the beautiful cheerleader who asks ponyboy to sit with her at the drivein theatre in the outsiders. Randy seems genuinely worried when ponyboy tells him of his fear that the brothers will be split up. Ponyboys rhetorical question about the sunset makes the point that what people share unites them rather than divides them. Randy has decided to leave town instead of attending the rumble that night, and here he explains to ponyboy why. This is about the characters and me writing fanfiction about them. Pony recognizes randy from the brawl in the park and mentions that. Randy tells pony that the one thing in life that bob wanted was for his parents to say answer choices. What does randy from the outsiders look like answers. The socs have jumped ponyboy, and are taunting him about his hair. The last name of the character randy anderson is misspelled adderson.
At this point, he has totally convinced himself that he was the one who committed the murder. Pony gets into the car to talk with randy, while randy s friends and twobit wait for them. He decides to confide in ponyboy because, just like he is a soc who sees beyond appearance, ponyboy is not the average greaser hoodlum, but a person who has, potentially, a deeper understanding of interpersonal. He has to appear in court the following day to give his account of what happened and he wants to talk to ponyboy. Randy has a difficult time dealing with bobs death, and before the next rumble, randy has a talk with ponyboy about all the trouble and tragedy that has occurred due to. What was the conversation about with randy and ponyboy in. Bob sheldon, the rich, handsome soc, is randy s best friend. According to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s. The greasers and socs are divided by their wealth, social class and opportunities to succeed.
In the outsiders, randy, a social rich, snobby, and most likely drunk is rude, cruel and gets drunk often like other socshope it helped the outsiders full text. They also spend more time than you might expect ruminating on how the tightness of a tshirt might enhance the rippling musculature of a steelyeyed fellow gang member this is where stephanie meyer got the idea for. Most of my friends at school come from good homes, not filthy rich like the socs, but middle class, anyway. When bob is stabbed by johnny in the park, randy runs off with his friends, leaving bobs bleeding body behind. Randy tries to reason with him, and ponyboy then denies that johnny is dead. Randy was the best friend of bob sheldon before bob was killed. Randy looked uncomfortable standing in the doorway. She has received the nickname cherry because of her long red hair, which she occasionally wears pinned up. Ponyboy is still in denial about the fact that johnny is dead and he strongly disagrees with randy when randy talks about johnny having killed bob. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a.
It was a funny thing it bugged me about my friends seeing our house. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Ponyboy, twobit and randy meet and talk at the tastee. He is shown, at the end of the narrative, to be remorseful for his actions toward ponyboy and the other greasers. Ponyboy in the outsiders thinks his life is figured out, until one night his world is flipped upside down. Hinton, skull, socs, switchblade, the outsiders, tulsa, twobit matthews. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. Along with cherry, randy humanizes the socs by showing that some of them have redeeming qualities. V is for cherry valance t is for twobit ponyboys friend that goes to the same high school as him twobit was a greaser he was tuff w is for windrixville windrixville is where dally told johnny and ponyboy to ran away too u is for united the greasers were a united group of boys. Darry and soda also testify, and tell the judge that dally was a good friend of. He looked a little nervous, and i wished theyd let him have a cigarette. The outsiders coloring book im working on the outsiders coloring book. Randy eventually relizes that a soc will be a soc and a greaser will be a greaser greasers will. He says wouldnt have saved them, and he cant believe greasers would do something like that.
Although in the beginning of the book the socs and greasers hate each other, they begin to realise they are not that different and have several similarities. Thats what i needed, and thats what i found with musical theater. Thomas howell, matt dillon, ralph macchio, patrick swayze. Randy helps ponyboy realize that socs are as susceptible to pain as anyone else. Randy refuses to fight in the big rumble because greasers will still be greasers and socs will still be socs. While the credits of the 1983 film list his name as randy anderson, his last name is in fact adderson in. Jun 14, 2017 which might explain why i still love reading the outsiders a book that i first came to love as a kid and why so many others are still reading it five decades after it was first published in 1967. Full episode hampton roads regional jail, va s2, e12. She is best friends with cherry, and the girlfriend of randy.
His girlfriend is marcia, and his best friend was robert sheldon, whom he met in grade school. Marcia is a soc girl and a minor character in the outsiders, and its film adaptation. Dec 27, 2019 randy thinks that engaging in rumbles is pointless, because, regardless of the outcome of any fight, the status quo is preserved. Sep 29, 2016 28 videos play all the outsiders full movieclips tania real the breakfast club 68 movie clip lunchtime 1985 hd duration. Sep 22, 2015 an important theme in the book the outsiders by s. The phrase is not just a threat of violence it implies the soc is about to slit ponyboys throat, but a reference to the distinguishing quality that makes ponyboy stand out as a greaser. What does cherry look like in the book the outsiders. Hintons gritty comingofage story follows the greasers narrator ponyboy curtis, his. Randy thinks that engaging in rumbles is pointless, because, regardless of the outcome of any fight, the status quo is preserved.
Randy tells them how surprised he is that pony, johnny, and dallas saved those kids. Randy tells pony that the one thing in life that bob wanted was for his parents to say. Randy adderson is an eighteenyearold soc who took part in the attempted drowning of ponyboy curtis. After everything that happened randy comes to see ponyboy. Reading, going to movies, hanging with his friends dislikes.
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