The historical context of the 1960’s is shown right throughout the novel. The use of colloquial language is used throughout the novel by all the characters. When Ponyboy and Johnny go to Dally for help after murdering the Soc, Dally says “Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville”. This historical context of this is how Dally tells them to go to Windrixville. “hop” is not a term we would use nowadays and it explains the historical context. Another example of historical context in the given quote is the way of transport Dally tells them to use. Nowadays we wouldn’t use that kind of transport and it also shows that the Greasers didn’t have enough money to get to Windrixville. Although the novel is set in the 1960’s, the language used still
