S. E. Hinton

if you grew up in a city full of gangs and violence, with barely any parental supervision? S.E. Hinton explains how developing in this types of cities can enhance or destroy the relationships most important to yourself in The Outsiders, That Was Then This is Now and Rumble Fish. Hinton tests the effects of morality, loyalty and evaluation and how it affects what is valued most in ones life. S.E. Hinton clearly has a recurring theme of loyalty and morality between confused adolescents, in poverty…

Do you believe that gangs are a good or bad thing? You can decide after reading “The Outsiders’ By S.E. Hinton as you follow the main character through a chaotic period in his life filled with violence and action. Despite all the violence and hurt he has endured, protagonist Ponyboy Curtis remains a good kid who wants the fighting in his neighborhood to stop. This paper will be on the book's setting, characters, plot, and theme. The story takes place mostly in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The town is…

very situations that have shaped us into the people we are today. This is exactly what the theme of the classic novel, The Outsiders, is. Allow me to explain...The Outsiders is a book that really needs no introduction. The book was written by S.E. Hinton in 1967 and would go on to be read by millions of children in their schools, along with adults looking for a good book. The story follows Ponyboy as he navigates his fourteen-year-old life as part of a gang full of Greasers. Between his parents…

The societal circumstances of the 1960s that influenced S. E. Hinton to write the book, The Outsiders, were the President, the Civil Rights Movement, and the War of Vietnam. John F. Kennedy was the president from 1961 to 1963 when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 ending his presidential term (“1960s”). The vice president, Lyndon Johnson, had to step in and lead America. He wanted to help the poor by giving them a hand-up during the harsh times in the ‘60s (History.com Staff). Johnson…

The Outsiders was written in the 1960’s to describe the struggle between the upper and lower classes in that time period. S. E. Hinton, the author of the book, wrote it when she was in high school and published the book when she was a freshman at the University of Tulsa. She became known as “The Voice of the Youth”. This pressure brought her writer’s block that lasted three years. Hinton broke the block by writing two pages a day, which led to her next novel, That Was Then, This Is Now. She has…

Their parents and family often do not understand all that a teenager has to do. Parents are constantly yelling at their kids, not understanding and listening. The only thing that helps teenagers to get by is their friends. In “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, the breakdown of family is shown through the author’s family background, through the alienation…

Susan Eloise Hinton is one of the most popular and best writers, for young people fiction books. S.E. Hinton wrote many books for different ages. She grew up as a tomboy and loved horses. Susan was a very shy person that wanted to become a cattle rancher as a young girl. Susan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 22nd 1950. Susan married a man name David Inhofe. Susan became “The Voice of the young people”, she helped them out when she wrote the book, The Outsiders. Susan was only 15 when she…

In the story The Outsider By S. E Hinton Johnny and Ponyboy are best friend, but like all best friends they have differences and similarities. For Instance Ponyboy likes to read. In the chapter where the two friends are hiding in the chapter Ponyboy is reading. Also In the beginning Ponyboy states he was different from the other greasers. Another difference is Johnny and Ponyboy have different home lives. Johnnys mom doesn't care about Johnny until he is in the hospital. After Johnny hurts…

Where do you take place in society? What does that place mean to you? The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton makes you wonder how your place would change if you were in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. Would you be considered a low class, poor greaser? Or would you be a wealthy, living the high life Social? No matter how you answered those questions, you should read The Outsiders. The narrator of this book is a fourteen year old boy names Ponyboy Curtis. Yes, that is, in fact, his real name. One of his brothers…

The book “The Outsiders” was written by S. E. Hinton. The movie “The Outsiders” was produced by Gray Frederickson and directed by Francis Coppola. If one wants to truly understand the story of the “Outsiders”, I think they should watch the movie. The book does not give us enough detail because I think you can really see the people and the places in the movie. For instance, the book starts with when Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped by a gang called the Socs. Before they were jumped the Socs were…