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Microsoft Word - S.E. Hinton The Outsiders.docx

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·        The story is set in Oklahoma in the 1960s

·        There are two gangs, the Greasers (poorer and grease their hair) and Soc (richer and from the nicer, west end of town).

·        A 14-year-old Greaser called Ponyboy is the narrator.

·        Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers (Sodapop and Darry).

·        Darry works to support his brothers, since their parents both died in a car crash.

·        Ponyboy’s best friend is a shy timid boy called Johnny Cade.

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How effective is Hinton’s use of  characterisation, in The Outsiders, in creating a sympathetic character?