https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960 Interpretation of an era en-us 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC 2025-10-15 14:08:15 UTC hello@padlet.com carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005450 As a reflex of the changing ideas, the conservative fashion from the early sixties gave space to a bright, psychedelic, completely free style, full of colors, flowers and different shapes, mostly representing peace and love. Specifically about the "gang style" in the book, the Greasers used to wear long greasy hair, jeans, leather jackets, and sweatshirts with their sleeves cut off, while the Socs used to wear short hairs, expensive t-shirts, jeans, and jackets.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005450 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005451 Some examples of the many slang words used in this book were:
Heater - Gun
Cooler - Prison
Jump - assault
Tuff - Cool
Cancer Stick - Cigarette
Rumble - Fight
Fuzz - Police
Turf - A territory belonging to a person or a group/gang.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005451 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005452 In the years remembered by the musical dispute between Beatles and Rolling Stones, important names as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Nina Simone, Bee Gees, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and many more were responsible for incredible hits sung until nowadays.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005452 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005453 The Vietnam War divided Americans, and the most important oppositional movement in the United States was the Hippie one, where young Americans rejected the "American way of life", the established institutions, the capitalism values, the Vietnam War, and many other common beliefs of that time. They created a new Philosophy of love, sexual liberty, and "expansion of the consciousness" using psychedelic drugs. Their most popular motto was "make love, not war".]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005453 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005454 A conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam against the South Vietnam was the started point of this long and terrible war where the United States of America was South Vietnam most important allied. Over 3 million people died, including a majority of Vietnamese innocent civilians and more than 58,000 American soldiers.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005454 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005455 The 1960's was one of the most important decades for Civil Rights in the USA. With Martin Luther King Jr. leadership, the anti-segregation movement fought for the marginalized people, specially women and black people, against discrimination and for equal rights. The social conflicts found in this book were the relationship between the Socs and the Greasers, where the Socs were rich, spoiled kids who always got good grades and had everything given to them, and the Greasers were "laid back greasy hair" poor boys who lived in needy homes, had no parents or were mistreated by them.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005455 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005456 In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the USA presidential election. In 1961, in one of his most important speeches, JFK said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Unfortunately, he was assassinated after just two years, in 1963, in Dallas.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005456 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005457 The most popular cars from the sixties were the Ford Mustang, the unanimity of the decade, the Chevy Camaro, the Plymouth Road Runner, preferred by the racers and the Volkswagen bus, usually used by the hippies. In "The Outsiders", the Soc's cars were either the Ford Mustang or the Chevy Corvair. ]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005457 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005458 The Greasers and the Socs were different gangs that fought about everything. The Socs would usually bring forbidden weapons to the fights, proving that they didn't play fair. They also assaulted many Greasers to catch their attention. However, farther in the book, the two gangs get to know each other, understanding one another's differences, and realized that everyone has problems to deal with.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005458 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005459 The 1960's were the years of complete breakthrough from the system, with civil rights battles, war on poverty declaration, hippie movements, amazing music, great cars, moon program proposal in the beginning of the decade, and man on the moon almost at the end of it.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005459 carlosvtorres16 https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005460 "The Outsiders" talks about a boy named Ponyboy and his past with the Greasers, a gang from New York. After the death of their parents, Ponyboy and his brothers, Darry and Soda,  got into the Greasers' gang, which acted like a new family for them. Together, they fought against the Socs, another gang formed by rich and spoiled teens that had everything in their lives easily and that enjoyed jumping the Greasers.]]> 2017-12-13 22:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carlosvtorres16/outsiders_1960/wish/216005460