2. the author mainly uses the argument at the drive-in between cherry and dallas winston
a. lead to cherry's friendship with pony and johnny
b. show the reader that greasers can behave as badly as socs
c. give dally a reason to leave the drive-in to find some action

B

Explanation:

The answer is B because when Dallas was messing with cherry it showed that the socs don’t just be bad and jump people the greasers can behave bad as well like when he was kicking the back of three chairs

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