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Full title  ·  The Outsiders

Author  · S. E. Hinton

Type of work  · Novel

Genre  · Coming-of-age; class struggle

Language  · English

Time and place written · 1960s, Middle America.

date of first publication  · 1967

Publisher  · The Viking Press

Tone  · Youthful; melodramatic; slangy; simplistic

Tense  · Past

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Character Name: Dallas Winston
Age:17

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Susan Eloise Hinton was born in the 1950s in Tulsa Oklahoma, She started writing the outsides at age 15. She wrote it because she was mad at the rich and poor sides and how they would divide them selves the novel was about the 2 sides the greases and souses one being wealthy and the other side not so much. it was published in 1967.

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She was inspired to write the novel, Outsiders because of her frustration towards social division that she saw in her high school. It was a problem that she could could see and through this novel she got to express her opinion towards it. Her boyfriend/husband help motivate her by taking her at end of every day as long as she would write two pages of her book.

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The way outsiders was written was to show us how it was important to for factions in order to survive and to have a pack like mentality this as we know is a very primitive state of mind, S.E Hinton is taking shots at it when writing the book and how it encourages to separate yourself rather than to unite under a common banner.

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Character Name: Ponyboy Michale Curtis
Age:14

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Character Name: Sodapop Curtis
Age:16

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Character Name: Johnny cade
Age:16

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After publishing her first novel she then felt the pressure to continue to write novels because of the success of her first book, The Outsiders. Something that helped her through the pressure was her boyfriend who later became her husband because he would take her out every night as long as she had written 2 pages a day. She has written a total of eight novels with The Outsiders being the best selling. The outsiders later became a film and was released in 1983.

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Character name: Keith "Two- bit" Mathews
Age:20

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Character Name: Darrel "Darry" Curtis
Age:20

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Character Name: Sherri " Cherry" Valance
Age:16

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- She wrote her first novel whilst she was in high school
- Rival gangs at Hilton's own school inspired the soc and greasers
-  The outsiders wasn't planned to be published
- Hilton used her initial on the novel to avoid gender bias
- The outsiders changed the way schools worked
- Hilton's fans were the encouraged directors to make a film out of the outsiders

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Ponyboy, Johnny. and Dally go to the drive in and meet Cherry and Marcia.

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Johnny stabs Bob to save Ponyboy from being drowned in a fountain.

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Johnny and Ponyboy run away to an abandoned church.

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The church gets caught on fire and Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids.

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The Greasers have a rumble with the Socs and the Greasers are victorious.

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Johnny dies

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Dally robs a store and the cops were after him and he gets shot and killed.

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Acceptance
The characters have respect and accept other differences and beliefs
Courage
This book has brave characters who have the strength to overcome a fear or accept a risk
Perseverance
This book has characters who never give up even when facing a difficult
Cooperation
This book has characters who work together to solve a problem or achieve a goal
Compassion
The book has characters who want to make those who are suffering feel better
Honesty
The book has characters who find that it is best to always tell the truth
Kindness
The book has friendly characters who are generous and considerate to others
Loyalty
The book has character who trust each other an never turn their back on their friends