Dynamic Character

Dynamic Character

This is a piece about Randy and how he is a dynamic character in The Outsiders

In a story, there are always some people that will not change at all. They are called static. From the beginning to the end of the story they won’t change at all. However, when someone changes, they are described as dynamic. This change could be very little such as a change in a feeling towards someone, or as extreme as them changing into almost a whole new person. In The Outsiders, one of the characters who changes the most is Randy.

In the beginning of the story, Randy is a soc, meaning that he is a rich kid that lives on the west side of town. He drives around with his friend Bob in a mustang and goes around jumping greasers. He gets drunk and into fights with people and is even part of the cause of Bobs death.

Bobs death was probably the main reason why Randy changed so much. The reason that I think that is because it was after that, that he talked with Ponyboy and realized that his own problems weren’t as bad as Ponyboy’s. When he talks with Ponyboy, he realizes that the rumble won’t change anything between the Greasers and the Socs. “Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs” is one of the main quotes of the story. This is why I consider him to be a very dynamic.

Randy is not the only character in The Outsiders that change. I would have to say that Johnny Cade is the 2^nd most dynamic. He changes to a tough guy while at first he was the “kid” of the gang. That is two different things but they both change. Also Ponyboy changes throughout the story but again it is in a very different way. Cherry is the only person who is dynamic in the same way as Randy because they both almost change from a Soc to a Greaser and they also understand that the greasers and socs are both people and don’t discriminate against the other.

Randy himself doesn’t only change but, he changes the views of other people as well. Take Ponyboy for example. When he talks with randy he realizes that socs aren’t all bad and that carries to the rest of the gang like Johnny. These are the reasons that Randy is a dynamic character.