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I think the rumble did need to happen because it allowed for the characters to just blow off some steam. They were all in really rough situations and I think having that aggression that all of the members are so used to, helped them. You could see at the end of the fight, how proud Two-bit was and how they felt accomplished, and it did slightly lift their spirits. Even if Randy and Pony were mature enough to have a conversation, I don't think the rest of the members may be. Although, I don't think the rumble was necessary to settle the situation, since Greasers will be Greasers and Socs will be Socs. One fight isn't going to stop a history of resentment.

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Without the fight, the Greasers might still keep getting jumped. The fight inserted a period of peace.

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I agree because these children cannot agree or make decisions off of talking to each other. They have no respect for one another, so a physical battle can show dominance and have at least a decent period of peace.

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I agree with the statement that the rumble needed to settle things once and for all due to a various amount of reasons. To begin, the rumble needed to happen because of the extensive gang guidelines brought upon by the Socs and Greasers. Addressing this rivalry is the last key thing that will be used to determine which gang is prioritized or the superior gang. The one being inferior, will be forced to abide or be at risk for life, hence why this last rumble will forever silence the sense of gang affiliation within the Outsiders.

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The rumble was not necessary for things to be settled once in for all. Violence is not the only answer to solve these kinds of things and I think the greasers and Socs could have come to a mutual understanding if they had just talked it out.

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I disagree only because I find fighting unnecessary and childish when it comes to certain situations. The gangs are not really ones to think things through and come to a common agreement but I feel that doing so would have given them more peace and would have actually settled things. Like Randy had said in a previous chapter, no matter who "wins" the fight, nothing will change. "Socs will still be Socs and Greasers will still be Greasers." By using violence to "settle" things it will only make matters worse and they'll be stuck in this constant cycle of not being able to solve anything without hurting one another.

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I strongly agree with this statement. Without the rumble, the Socs would have kept on picking on the Greasers, and more deaths like Bob's would occur.

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I disagree because I don't think that violence is ever the answer. I think that the Socs and Greasers could've handled things much differently, and that they didn't have to sacrifice themselves to get things done.

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I disagree because no matter how much they fight there will always tension between them. I still think things will stay the same after the rumble. But there is a possibility that the Socs will back off from the Greasers for a bit since they lost.

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They should have talked things out instead of fighting.

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I don't think they needed to fight but they needed to talk things out. I don't think fighting will solve anything between the Socs and the Greasers.

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The rumble was a good way to finally settle things because there would've been much more tension between the two groups. This one fight just ended all the disagreements between the groups about the killing of Bob.

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I think that the Socs might not follow the rule that they could no longer bother the greasers, even though they lost the rumble.

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I agree because without the fighting, there would have been nothing to show that fighting isn't necessary. In order for the Socs and Greasers to discover that violence is never necessary. It is like learning by trying.

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I don't think the rumble needed to happen because nothing really changed. As Randy said, no matter who wins, Greasers and Socs will always have to live the life they live. The only thing that the rumble might have done is keep the Socs down for a little bit, but this doesn't really change the individual lives of either side.

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I do not think that they needed fighting because in chapter 7 Randy and Ponyboy had talked to each other about how every greaser and soc is just a person like everyone else. They could have kept on talking and convinced the rest of their social class that everyone is the same.

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Without the rumble, many more Greasers and Socs could've died. This put a stop to the violence and saved lives.

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i think that having the rumble was necessary. having the rumble gave both sides a chance to fight against each other in a way that they will both accept if they lose or win. i don't think that all Socs or Greasers will be willing to talk it out like Ponyboy and Randy did.

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I believe nothing will change the way they act towards each other from fighting. Things might go right back to the same after the rumble.

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I agree because now the Socs know were they stand and to not cross the greasers territory unless they want to get beaten up

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I agree that the fight was necessary because it helped both groups to settle their anger in a way that couldn't be done with words. Both groups were able to get their take their anger out on each other and it helped to ease the tensions.

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I think that this would need to happen to finally settle the years of fighting and tension between the Socs and Greasers. There is really no other way to settle the huge amount of tension they created besides the rumble.

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The soc's are willing to talk things out. Take Randy for example. It didn't need to happen for them to settle things. Everyone just comes off as tough.

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I agree that the rumble needed to happen because although I don't condone violence and I don't want violence, I believe the greasers and Socs just needed to blow off some steam. As it was said in the book, the rivalry between the greasers and Socs got way worse when Johnny killed Bob, and I think that everyone needed to have a small fight to get rid of all the tension. The rumble also provided as closure for both the Socs and greasers, and without the fight the tensions would have gotten worse and worse and may have ended a lot worse if they had not gotten the chance to blow off some steam and take their anger out on something.

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I don't think resolving the relationship between the socs and the greasers needed to rely on violence. That said i think the greasers winning the fight gave Johnny closure.

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I disagree because there will still be a rivalry. The fight just made the rivalry become stronger.

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I disagree because there will still be a rivalry. The fight just made the rivalry become stronger.

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I agree because they needed some way to settle the dispute between the greasers and the socs. I think it was good for the socs and the greasers to know where they stand with each other.

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I disagree with this because the rumble was just more unneeded violence because the battle between the Socs and Greasers was starting to simmer down and finish after the murder of Bob. Randy had already stopped and talked to Ponyboy about his feelings with all the fighting. I think that since Randy was one of the Soc leaders, the other Socs would eventually follow in his footsteps.

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Personally, I don't think that it was going to be possible for them to settle it in any other way. They were fighting each other for so long, and the tension was not going to be solved through talking it out. They had to fight to settle the two sides.

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Without fighting, and without that confrontation, the socs, and the greasers would just continue to hate each other. The rumble provided the socs a way to get closure for Bob's death and provided the greasers a way to get closure for Johnny's death. If the rumble hadn't happened, and the hatred just continued, it would have spilled out in more violent ways that wouldn't have helped anyone.