During their conversation he talked about how kind a person Bob Sheldon was and that the image he portrayed was due to his parents. Randy went on to say that Bob drank and got into trouble because he wanted his parents to tell him how bad he was and that everything he was doing was wrong. Instead, they blamed themselves for the cause of his problems and this caused Bob to drink heavily and get into further trouble. This behavior would eventually lead to why he lost his life at the beginning of the story. Randy also explained that he was tired of living in the image of a Socs and that he would leave and not witness the final showdown between their two gangs. Pony Boy was able to relate to him in many different ways. Once again the reader would come to the conclusion that these characters were so similar, felt the same, and carried the same concerns. Does the information convincingly support the thesis? The interactions between many of these main characters provided more than enough support for the argument presented by SE Hinton. I think what made this book worth reading is that it was written from a teenager's point of view and is easily understandable to anyone