“I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.” - SE Hinton. SE Hinton is a famous author known for her young adult novels set in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the author of Tex, That Was Then, This is Now, The Outsiders, and Rumble Fish. These stories are diverse and each one has its own unique plot and set of characters. In many people's eyes, there is no connection between these four stories. As well as having completely diverse stories and characters, the main plot of each book are also very different. With that said, there is own common theme that runs through these four books. I believe that this common theme is that you don’t have to be related by blood to be family,
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This is a story of family and friendship that has withstood the test of time. In this book, the theme of brotherhood and friendship dominate the spotlight. In one of the chapters in Hinton’s The Outsiders, it states, “In that second what Soda and Dally and Two-Bit had been telling me came through. Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda, and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something out of me.” (pg 98) In this excerpt, we see how much care and love is between two brothers and how they repair a bond that was broken. These two brothers have gone through rough times and truly represented what family and brotherhood is about. We see this all the time in the real world when siblings have rifts that separate them. At times like these, brotherhood and friendship is pushed to a max, and this is when family truly has to come through for each other. The Outsiders is a novel that teaches us the importance of family, friends and brotherhood. We see friends who are like family. We see the importance of family and each …show more content…
This converse theme is shown throughout all of the books Hinton wrote. This is easily one of the most important teachings you can ever learn even as an adult. Family is debatably the most crucial part of anybody’s life. The importance of family is stressed throughout these four books. Likewise, these books also showed you how friends can be just as important as family in multiple ways. In the time of the release of The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton put some of the most controversial topics discussed even today. She put in themes throughout the each books that had their own importance, but the one that illuminated britighest out of all was friendship, brotherhood, and family. Have you toke time of your own to realize how important family and friends are to you. You never know what is to happen tomorrow, so relish
This is a story of family and friendship that has withstood the test of time. In this book, the theme of brotherhood and friendship dominate the spotlight. In one of the chapters in Hinton’s The Outsiders, it states, “In that second what Soda and Dally and Two-Bit had been telling me came through. Darry did care about me, maybe as much as he cared about Soda, and because he cared he was trying too hard to make something out of me.” (pg 98) In this excerpt, we see how much care and love is between two brothers and how they repair a bond that was broken. These two brothers have gone through rough times and truly represented what family and brotherhood is about. We see this all the time in the real world when siblings have rifts that separate them. At times like these, brotherhood and friendship is pushed to a max, and this is when family truly has to come through for each other. The Outsiders is a novel that teaches us the importance of family, friends and brotherhood. We see friends who are like family. We see the importance of family and each …show more content…
This converse theme is shown throughout all of the books Hinton wrote. This is easily one of the most important teachings you can ever learn even as an adult. Family is debatably the most crucial part of anybody’s life. The importance of family is stressed throughout these four books. Likewise, these books also showed you how friends can be just as important as family in multiple ways. In the time of the release of The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton put some of the most controversial topics discussed even today. She put in themes throughout the each books that had their own importance, but the one that illuminated britighest out of all was friendship, brotherhood, and family. Have you toke time of your own to realize how important family and friends are to you. You never know what is to happen tomorrow, so relish