In chapter three, Pony has an enlightening conversation with Cherry Valance, and she explains to him the primary differences between their social groups. Cherry goes on to tell Pony that being a Soc is like participating in one big rat race where everyone is competing against each other. Cherry mentions that the Socs are aloof and distant. She comments that they are more interested in looking cool and fail to have genuine relationships with each other.
Cherry also tells Pony that Greasers are more emotional and the Socs act too sophisticated to feel anything. In Cherry's opinion, the Socs have more than enough and refuse to lose their cool out of fear that expressing their genuine emotions would harm their reputations. After contemplating Cherry's comments, Pony agrees and is aware that the Socs hide "behind a wall of aloofness." Pony finally understands what truly separates the Socs from the Greasers and concludes,
It's not money, it's feeling—you don't feel anything and we feel too violently. (Hinton, 34)
No comments:
Post a Comment