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Post by BlindedxxFalcon on Jul 8, 2007 18:51:35 GMT -5
How doi you think Randy changed during the book? How do you think he would act post novel?
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Post by samanthamae on Jul 8, 2007 19:38:27 GMT -5
I thought it was Randy Adderson, too.
I believe before the book he was a jerk, kind of like a follower for Bob, who was the leader of the friends. He was a super-Soc, unfeeling. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he cussed Pony and Johnny in a "low voice" in the park.
He admits to Ponyboy that feeling bad for making his father disappointed was the first time in awhile he's ever felt anything. I believe he's turned into a good guy, visiting Pony while he's sick and all. I came to like him by the ending.
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Post by latch22 on Jul 8, 2007 22:09:09 GMT -5
That's what I always think back to when this question is asked: the scene in That Was Then, This Is Now, with Randy the hippie.
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Post by BlindedxxFalcon on Jul 9, 2007 9:12:18 GMT -5
That is a good point about Randy being the hippie...I didn't notice his name before.
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Post by Tensleep on Jul 10, 2007 23:42:19 GMT -5
For the purpose of a very abstract story I made him grow up to be a loan officer with the bank. I thought that he would have kept his Soc ties, but he would want to do something more for people without looking like he was turning his back on everything he was raised in.
I guess I had a low opinion of how much he could change. I mean, he was there, he contributed, and he regretted it later, but if things had gone down another way, I have to wonder how he would have acted. He's essentially a good guy, but he's also a follower.
So in my view, something would have changed with Randy's sentiments, but it would have been a pretty big insult to the memory of his best friend if he jumped the fence completely. Like I said, he would have been sympathetic, but only as far as he thought he could be as one of the herd.
See ya in the funny papers!!!
Tens
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Post by zevie on Jul 11, 2007 0:34:08 GMT -5
So in my view, something would have changed with Randy's sentiments, but it would have been a pretty big insult to the memory of his best friend if he jumped the fence completely. I totally agree. But, I can see him going the route of the hippie to escape from that kind of decision. I also thought it was Randy in the VW. |
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Post by latch22 on Jul 11, 2007 2:05:37 GMT -5
I think that he just broke down. He couldn't take it anymore, everything he thought that he knew had been shattered, and he was experiencing emotional duress with both guilt and the loss of his friend. Extremes happen when you're not thinking, but rather feeling.
But you do make a great point, Tens.
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Post by Keira on Jul 15, 2007 10:39:51 GMT -5
I think he just grew up - or changed. How many of us knew people who took a completely different path following high school? I know plenty of those people, and I don't see why or how it can't be different for Randy. People just change after high school. That's how it goes, lol. I know I did.
I almost see him as I see Bryon from TWTTIN, in the way that he was already starting to change the way he felt about things, in The Outsiders, but he hadn't quite reached the point where he was going to act on those feelings. After he saw how awful things could result from one night of stupidity, he took a turn for the better.
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