"Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. That way you could tell the other guy was human too." By the end of the chapter, Ponyboy has decided that, "Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. In Chapter 7, as Randy tells Ponyboy that he is tired of fighting and is going to leave town instead of going to the rumble, Ponyboy remembers Cherry saying "Things are rough all over," and understands what she meant.
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She insists that "We have troubles you've never even heard of." Cherry is shocked, but points out to him that not all Socs act that way, just like not all Greasers act like Dally. Ponyboy has just finished relating the story of Johnny's attack to Cherry, and to the reader for the first time. "Things are rough all over." Cherry Valance says this to Ponyboy in Chapter 2 The phrase is not just a threat of violence (it implies the Soc is about to slit Ponyboy's throat), but a reference to the distinguishing quality that makes Ponyboy stand out as a Greaser: his hair. At this point, they are holding him down with a knife at his throat. The Socs have jumped Ponyboy, and are taunting him about his hair. "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?" An anonymous Soc says this to Ponyboy in Chapter 1