Ponyboy smarts off to them, and they try to drown him. Ponyboy curtis the novels fourteenyearold narrator and protagonist, and the. The reader can infer from johnnys reaction to bob when he and his. He is a violent guy, but after his best friend is killed by johnny he is sick and tired of the constant fighting. Bob sheldon is the soc who originally beat up johnny. Get an answer for according to randy, what did bob want from his parents but never get in the novel the outsiders. E hinton is a novel that captures various tragic episodes. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of the outsiders. 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.
First, ponyboy curtiss parents are killed in a car wreck. Robert bob sheldon was cherry valances boyfriend and a minor antagonist in the outsiders. Bob sheldon was the wealthy, eighteenyear old, soc boyfriend of cherry valance, and best friend of randy adderson. Pony and johnny are pretty sure bob is the guy who kept his rings on while using johnnys face as a punching bag. Paul holden the husky blond soc who steps forward to challenge darry when the rumble begins. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Pony and johnny are pretty sure bob is the guy who kept his rings on while. Bob is the darkhaired soc who beats up johnny before the novel begins. Tom cruise, matt dillon, emilio estevez, rob lowe, patrick swayze, c. As a result, his elder brother, darry, is left with no other. Thomas howell, and ralph macchio in the outsiders 1983. In this lesson, well go over the events that surround the death of one of the socs, bob, at the hands of one of the greasers, johnny, in s. Randy adderson marcias boyfriend and bobs best friend.
Most readers have difficulty mustering sympathy for bob, even though he gets killed in the novel. Bob sheldon the soc who originally attacked johnny, and then attacks both. The outsiders 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Johnny tells ponyboy that he johnny killed bob because the socs were going to. Johnny was breathing heavily and i noticed he was staring at the socs hand. Ponyboy curtis, a teenaged member of a loose gang of greasers, is leaving a movie theater when he is jumped by socs, the greasers rival gang. He is cherrys boyfriend, and, like johnny, he is a victim of his own family. E hinton was around 18 years old when johnny killed him. Johnny and ponyboy are rushed by bob and his gang when things get out of hand. Bob has a set of three heavy rings, which he wears when he fights greasers.
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