I'll bet he's jumped a few people.” Cherry and Ponyboy develop a friendship that seems to bridge the divide between Socs and Greasers, but she is still mindful of the social norms that she has to adhere to. The way she put it to Ponyboy, who was skeptical at Sherry’s defense of her social group, is “That's like saying all you greasers are like Dallas Winston. She is horrified at Ponyboy’s story-“white as a sheet” is how he describes her-and wants to make it clear that not all Socs are like that.
Ponyboy had just told her about Johnny being attacked by a Mustang full of Socs and being brutally beaten, to the point that he always carries a switchblade with him.
With these words, Sherri “Cherry” Valance discusses her social group with Ponyboy Curtis after they bond at the drive-in movie theater in Chapter 2. You want to know something?" She looked me straight in the eye. We have troubles you've never even heard of. I'll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise.
“I'll bet you think the Socs have it made.
When Randy came in Pony was awake though so they talked for a while. They told me Ponyboy has to stay on bed-rest now. Pony has been real sick and I really dont want it to get worse neither do the doctors. However, Randy acted in character, as he was the Soc who said he wouldn’t take part in the final rumble as nothing ever gets resolved from these brawls. The Outsiders: Darry Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Randy’s reaction, which indicates concern, surprises Ponyboy, because he did not expect a Soc to care about the fate of a greaser boy. Randy, on his part, encourages Ponyboy to tell the truth-that it was Johnny, and not him, who killed Bob-, but Ponyboy has a post-traumatic reaction to that. Despite his conflict with Darry, he knows that his eldest brother is a good guardian: he makes him study and knows where he is all the time, and generally keeps him out of trouble, even when that means being overly strict. In the hearing concerning Bob’s murder, Ponyboy risks getting sent away if the judge deems his household unfit for him, and Ponyboy is worried about that. This is a consideration that Ponyboy makes in Chapter 11 after Randy comes to visit him before the hearing. “A Soc, even, worried because some kid greaser was on his way to a foster home or something.