Randy Adderson and Bob Sheldon are the two main Soc
characters in S. E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. Both apparently
come from wealthy families and have all of the privileges of class that the greasers
have come to hate. Good looking and "spoiled rotten" by his parents, Bob is Cherry
Valance's boyfriend, who she claims "could be sweet sometimes, and friendly" when he's
not drinking. According to Cherry,
Bob was something special. He wasn't just any
boy. He had something that made people follow him, something that marked him different,
maybe a little better, than the
crowd.
Bob wears "three
heavy rings," which he uses to his advantage in fights, as Johnny had discovered
earlier. Randy, too, claims that
"Bob was a good guy... the best buddy a guy ever
had... he was a good fighter and tuff and everything, but he was a real person,
too.
"A tall guy with a
semi-Beatle haircut," Randy is the friendlier of the two Socs, and he comes to respect
Ponyboy after he learns of the greasers' heroism in saving the children from the fiery
church. He visits Pony at the Curtis house, and Pony comes to realize that "he ain't a
Soc... he's just a guy." Randy drives the blue Mustang that has long terrorized the
greasers, and he is Marcia's boyfriend. Like Pony, he also smokes cigarettes and has a
sensitive side. He decides not to participate in the rumble when he realizes that the
outcome will change nothing.
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