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- Susan Eloise Hinton
- American writer best known for The Outsiders
- 1988, received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association
- Born July 22. 1948 ( 70 years old )
- From Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Movies: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Tex, That Was Then... This is Now

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Rusty James - Main character / narrator, likes to get in fights and admires his older brother.
The Motorcycle Boy - Main characters older brother, smart, steals motorcycles, and is considered the "coolest person in the world"
Patty - Main characters girlfriend, dyes her hair blonde, can be crazy, and does not want Rusty to fight.
Steve Hays - Main characters best friend, does not like to fight, and he also never likes to do anything wrong.
Biff Wilcox - Big bully who pops pills and wants to kill Rusty because of what he said to a girl at school.
Smokey Bennett - Friend of Rusty of whose funny, his colorless eyes gave him his nickname, and there is always tension between the two.
Midget - tall, skinny friend of Rusty and he is taller than any other kid their age (verbal irony).
Benny - owner of the pool place, does not do much in the story, and is annoyed by the junior high kids that hangout there.
Old Man - Rusty's father, no job, drinks all day, and relies on welfare.
Alex - Rusty's roommate in the reformatory.

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Takes place in California before the story takes a flashback to Rusty's hometown, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Most of the action takes place in Benny's which is a pull hall. Most of the High School students hangout there.

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The main conflict is the relationship between Rusty James and His brother, The Motorcycle Boy, because Rusty wants to be just like him by The Motorcycle Boy is trying to keep him from doing so.

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"Death in Life"
All the characters are living hopelessly dead end lives and the finale of the story leaves little hope for them. The two brothers feel no real love. The Motorcycle Boy is already colorblind and partial deaf  and Rusty James is the least intelligent as he admits to stumbling through life in a "fog".

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Fish - the fish that Rusty James frees from the Pet Store symbolizes violence.
The River - Symbolizes of stagnation and doom

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"Rumble fish, They would kill each other if they could." "If you leaned a mirror against the bowl they'd kill themselves fighting there own reflection." ( Pg. 123 )
This represents Rusty James and his brother because they almost a reflection of each other and there constantly battling against each others morals.

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Mood - Sad and Concerning. You feel upset about how Rusty's life is turning out and you become concerned about his future.
Tone - Dry and Bitter. The narrator, Rusty, has no positive look on his life.

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"I had to lean; my knees were shaking so bad I could barely stand up. I was more scared than I had ever been in my life. I was so scared I dropped my head down on the counter and cried for the first time I could remember"
( Pg. 130 )

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" He looked like a sincere rabbit about to take on a pack of wolves. " ( Pg. 73 ) Simile

" I asked him if there was anything to eat in the house, but he didn't hear me. I'd gotten used to that, his hearing had been screwed up for years. He was color-blind too. " ( Pg. 55 )  Irony: Even though the Motorcycle Boy has bad hearing and is color - blind, he still rides motorcycles.

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Hinton, S.E. Rumble Fish. Delacorte Press, 1975.