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Character Essay: Picture this, a girl who has an attitude, can defend herself, but still has a soft side. She has red hair and is tall. You got the image in your head, you have Sherry (Cherry) Valance. Cherry is a soc, meaning shes at the top of the social pyramid and is loaded with money. But she made an unexpected turn in her life, she started to talk to greasers and would spy for them. Lets just say she lived in the social segragation times but didnt like them.

Cherry is an out-spoken girl she'll speak her mind, and gives her opinion whenever its necessary. And its never bad to be out-spoken but it could sometimes get you into more trouble. Lucky Cherry nothing happened to her. One example of Cherry being out-spoken is how she was at the drive in movie and Dally was annoying her and she told him off. And another example is when she arrived at the movies, and she was going on about how she doesnt think that getting drunk isnt a way to have fun. And my last example is when her boyfriend, Bob and Randy, were gonna fight the greasers she said "I can't stand fights...I can't stand them." A normal girl would either runaway or standby and watch. All of these examples relate to this adjective because they have all of the necessary things to be out-spoken. She speaks her mind and doesnt care about what others think of her.

She's surprisingly tough, when you think of a rich girl that's at the top of the social pyramid you dont think she's tough, you think of a bratty or sweet girl. Maybe even both. Now back to the example that i brought up earlier, when they were at the drive-in movie theater and dally was bothering her. She didn't stay quite, oh no, she defended herself. No way was Dally gonna get away with all the things he was doing. She was tired of it, but don't get me wrong she can be sweet but when she's irritated she'll erupt like a volcano. So dally crossed the line when he said nasty things to her and did un- gentlemen like things. She immediately screamed at dally "Get your feet of my chair and shut your trap!". Like i said she wasn't going to stay quite.

The last thing that pulls Cherry's personality is that she is wise. Being wise doesn't just mean having all A's in school, it means making the right choices in life. Knowing right from wrong, and learning from your mistakes. And Cherry has those qualities. So what happened was that when they were arriving at the drive-in theater Bob and his friends brought beer. And Cherry became furious when she saw what they were up to. She reminded Bob of what happened at the last beer blast that they had. But he didn't care about what she had to say. I believe he was even a little drunk by then. So Cherry told him that she wasn't going anywhere with him and she also said "I don't find getting drunk as a good time!'. And agree with Cherry, its stupid and reckless. Like i said before she knows right from wrong, and she chooses doing the right thing.

So in conclusion Cherry is out-spoken, tough, and wise. Apart from these qualities she has many more. You an say that this is and example of a very strong, and independent girl. Its never bad to be like this. I now consider Cherry Valance as a role model.