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  • Essay / The Good of Being Different in Life by Cherry Valance

    Anne Frank once said, “We all live for the purpose of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same. » Sometimes we may face a difficult situation like a death, divorce, or foreclosure that will make life very difficult, but in the end, all we want is to be happy. Even if it means forgiving the person who made you unhappy. Cherry Valance, a rich and spoiled Soc who faces the terrible tragedy of her boyfriend's death, realizes that difference can be good. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay Going to the movies is generally not life-changing. Well, for Cherry Valance it is. If Cherry hadn't talked to the Greasers, her boyfriend wouldn't have died and there wouldn't have been a rumble. But let me start at the beginning. Cherry and her friend Marcia, along with their boyfriends, decide to go to the movies. When the boys bring alcohol they fight so the guys leave. A few minutes later, a group of Greaser boys arrive and after arguing with a very rude Greaser, Cherry and Marcia become friends with the rest of the group. At the end of the film, the boys offer to take them home. The girls' mistake is accepting their offer. Halfway to the houses, the blue Mustang that contains Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends arrives. It makes the boys angry that their girlfriends are with dirty Greasers. Bob says, “And even if you're mad at us, that's no reason to go walking the streets with these bums” (45). Everything started to go downhill from there. Cherry and Pony may have different backgrounds, but they soon realize that they are not as different as they think. Now let's go back, Cherry and Pony meet at the movies, that's where it all begins. After meeting, they chat, get to know each other and soon discover that they both like watching sunsets. It seems funny to them that they're watching the same sunset, that Cherry, a Soc could have everything in common with a greaser like Pony. They come to the conclusion that the two worlds they live in may not be so different. Before leaving with her boyfriend, Cherry reminds him that “some of us watch the sunset too” (46). Later in the book, Johnny kills Bob, defending Pony, and they go into hiding. Once they are able to get out safely, they discover that the church is on fire because of them and that there are children inside. Feeling guilty, Johnny and Ponyboy try to save the children. In the process, Johnny is very seriously injured and is on the verge of death. After it's all over and no one is in trouble for running from the police, Cherry struggles to forgive Johnny after what he did to Bob. In the end, Pony is upset that she won't go visit Johnny, but realizes that it's difficult everywhere and says, "Can you really see the sunset well from the West Side?" Cherry blinked in surprise, then smiled. “Really good.” “This is also evident on the East Side” (130). Forgiving someone who hurt you or a loved one can be difficult. It is easier to hold grudges than to forgive them. Forgiving Johnny, and not blaming him, is one of the challenges Cherry faces throughout the book. She said: “But I never got to look at the person who killed him. » (168) This indicates that she is having difficulty forgiving Johnny for killing Bob. However, she learns to forgive the Greasers as a group. It is shown.