There are many different types of literature that can explain the society's perspective on the topic of acceptance and tolerance. Two pieces of literature that reflect the decision on society are, The Testing and The Outsiders. Both novels have viewpoints that can influences the society to believe in one side of the story when there is always at least two sides to a story. Throughout the beginning of the first book, The Testing, the smallest, poorest colony, Five Lakes, has always been known as no threat and some even forgot it existed. Although that is how the other colonies see them, Five Lakes thinks of themselves as inventive and smart. The nonfiction book uncovered the story of how society viewed the characters one way, but in the
