Over the course of the novel, Ponyboy's opinion of the Socs shifts. As his understanding of them changes, Ponyboy sees the Socs either in a negative light or more sympathetically. ... After he meets Cherry at the movie theater, however, Ponyboy begins to realize that Socs are human just like greasers.Ponyboy realizes not all Socs are bad; he realizes they are human and have problems to. The line Cherry said that, "Things are rough all over" now makes sense to Ponyboy.
