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The OutsidersBy S.E. Hinton
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Author information
1960s information
Themes and basics of the book
S.E. Hinton• Published The Outsiders in 1967 at the age of 17 (Began writing it at 15).
• The story was inspired by a real-life event at Hinton’s high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• The Outsiders is widely considered the first realistic young-adult novel.
• Other Hinton books include Rumble Fish, Tex, and That Was Then, This is Now.
Susan Eloise Hinton
Music and FilmHere are some images of popular artists and movies.
Elvis Presley
Paul NewmanThe Beach Boys
Beach movies
The Beatles
Fashion
During the time period of the novel, Soc “types” would wear madras shirts and khakis. You can see an example of typical clothing below.
James Dean embodied the cultivated Greaser image. Leather jacket, jeans, white t-shirt and boots were typical of boys who emulated the free and uncontrolled lifestyle Dean seemed to live.
Madras Shirts
Hair Grease
CarsHere are two cars that are mentioned in The Outsiders. The Covair is the first car mentioned in the book.
Chevy Corvair
1965 Ford Mustang
Drive-in RestaurantsThese restaurants were a typical place to take a date. They were also where gangs hung out.
The American DreamHappiness for the characters of The Outsiders was a girl, a car, some money, a strong group of friends, and probably an ice-cold bottle of soda. How much has changed?
Major topics developed in The Outsiders
The f ight between r ich and poor. 1.
2. T he power o f f r iendship.
3. W hat does i t mean to be a hero?
4. T he jour ney f rom youth to adu l thood.
Look for these topics to develop as we read the book!
General Setting⌖ The Outsiders
presumably takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where S.E. Hinton grew up. ⌖ We mostly see the
east side of the city, from the perspective of the Greasers.
The two major groups of characters in The Outsiders
Greasers Socs (Pronounced “soshes”)
madras – clothes with a plaid design
jeans, leather jackets, t-shirts
Symbols
The switchblade represents strength and power. The Greasers felt safer when carrying this to protect themselves.
The cigarette is a symbol commonly seen in the book as well. Many of the Greasers started smoking at an early age. It made them feel older and helped them fit into their group. Later it became a way of passing time and keeping calm.
Socs
The blue Mustang represents the upper class Socs. It stands for money, power and authority.
The rings are a symbol of wealth.
Do you know...
your 1960s...
slang?
fuzz heater
broad rank
Watch out, the fuzz is after us! When did you start carrying a heater?
That Kim is one knock-out broad!
That band you like is rank!
tuff hood
cancer stick
A 1967 Mustang is one tuff car. The hoods cause trouble at night.
Pass me a cancer stick, Johnny.
jumped hacked off
rumblepickled
He got really pickled!
(under the influence)
He got jumped by three guys.
There was a big rumble at the park.
I was hacked off at my parents.
make tracks the cooler
JD weed
Hurry, we gotta make tracks.
The JD got five months in jail. I could really use a weed right now.
When did you get out of the cooler?