who is cherry valens?

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― famous and fabled, left to right (tehresa), Saturday, 23 July 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

― famous and fabled, left to right (tehresa), Saturday, 23 July 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Before Cherry Valance enters the narrative, Ponyboy paints the conflict between the greasers and the Socs as irreconcilable. The introduction of Cherry, however, suggests that individual friendships can chip away at group hatreds. Cherry gets along perfectly well with some of the greasers. She likes Ponyboy and Johnny because they treat her politely. Dally’s rude antics do not amuse her. Her disenchantment with Dally’s behavior suggests that she talks to Ponyboy and Johnny not because she is slumming and their greaser identity fascinates her, but rather because she likes them as individuals. For a short while at least, she cares more about how each boy behaves than about his West Side or East Side address.

Cherry is not just a sweet, simple girl. She finds herself sexually 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 she probably will not say hello to him at school, acknowledging that she respects social divisions. Although Cherry plays a relatively small role in the novel, the ambiguity of her sympathies gives us something to which we can relate. She mirrors our own perspective as someone close to the action who is nevertheless an outsider and who does not always fully understand other characters’ emotions and motivations.

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Sunday, 31 July 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

no, tehresa, i am sexually attracted to YOU.

― amanda eileen (amanda eileen), Sunday, 31 July 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

Hi can I interest you ladies in a threesome? I have a rosary I can tie you up with.

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Sunday, 31 July 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2001-06-30/crushed.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 31 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Cherry Valance - Bob’s girlfriend, she is a Soc cheerleader whom Ponyboy meets at the movies. Cherry’s real name is Sherry, but people call her Cherry because of her red hair. Ponyboy and Cherry have a great deal in common, and Ponyboy feels comfortable talking to her. Cherry is both offended and intrigued by her encounter with Dally Winston at the drive-in. Cherry admires Dally’s individuality and tells Ponyboy that she could fall in love with Dally. In the days preceding the rumble, Cherry becomes a spy for the greasers.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 31 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Subject: dear sister
Message: hi. how is greenville working out for you?

i hope it's not too awful. are you enjoying the
gso? also, could you maybe refrain from telling
kara when i tell you things about her
ex-boyfriend? i didn't really think that was
something that needed to be circled around, but
who knows. it's a little embarrassing when the guy with the weird fetish who hits on you is the one accusing YOU of being indecent!

etc...

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

my sister and i are *very* close.

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

why did i post that "outsiders" summary when you already did.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

the outsiders is out on dvd next week.
i'm thinking of watching it.

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.thecherryvalence.com/

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 03:57 (twenty years ago)

i am still in greenville looking at cherries on the computer

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

were you not supposed to still be in greenville?

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

no, just lamenting the fact that i am! im a crybaby.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

move!!! anywhere!! except cola!!!

when i feel shitty about living in rochester, i make myself feel better by remembering that i'm NOT in greenville!

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

haha who did this embed

― Fushigina Blobby: Blobania no Kiki (ex machina), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

'twas moi

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 07:03 (twenty years ago)

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