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After Bob's death, Randy stops Pony on the street and tells him that the fighting between the Socs and the greasers is pointless. Randy refuses to fight in the big rumble because "Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."
Sick about the violence and Bob’s death, Randy says he does not intend to fight at the rumble. Randy explains that Bob was his best friend, a good guy with a terrible temper and overly indulgent parents.
Looking at the photograph and remembering conversations with Cherry and Randy, Ponyboy concludes that Bob was cocky, hot-tempered, frightened, and human. Randy arrives at the house to talk to Ponyboy and behaves with shocking insensitivity.
Randy is confused but continues to correct Pony and assure him that Johnny killed Bob. Pony repeats, "Johnny is not dead." Darry rescues Randy from this scene and tells him that he must go.
His hesitation after speaking with Randy and his decision to take five aspirin before the fight show that he is emotionally and physically unprepared for the ordeal. Nevertheless, Ponyboy ignores his instincts and goes through with the fight because he wants to please his social group.
When Bob is stabbed by Johnny in the park, Randy runs off with his friends, leaving Bob's bleeding body behind. But, Bob's death does change Randy, at least a little. Like Cherry, he tells the truth about what happened that night, and he makes several efforts to communicate with Pony.
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Randy and the other Socs try to drown Ponyboy in a nearby fountain, but Bob is stabbed to death by Johnny, causing him and the other Socs to flee. After Ponyboy returns home, Randy and the four others spot him and Two-Bit walking down the road.
