PLEASE HELP! THIS IS DUE TOMORROW! Short Summary of Sherri Valance's most significant moments in the Outsiders
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Balancing Perspectives

In S.E. Hinton's novel, The Outsiders, most of the major characters are Greaser boys. To balance out the perspective of the Socs versus the Greasers, Hinton introduced a strong female Soc, Cherry Valance. Cherry is caught up in the game, but at least realizes it is a game. Pony and Cherry know that you can see the sunset from both sides of town.

Explanation:

Sherri Valance, or Cherry as everyone calls her because of her red hair, is a strikingly beautiful and popular cheerleader. From the moment she meets Ponyboy and Johnny, she comes across as having strong standards. Examples of her highly developed sense of values include walking out on her boyfriend for bringing alcohol to the drive-in, and throwing a coke in Dally's face because he talked dirty to her.

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active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.