The OutsidersA Journey

Through Their Time Period

S. E. Hinton1967

S.E. Hinton was, and still is, one of the most popular and best-known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels changed the way people look at young adult literature.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, S. E. Hinton always enjoyed reading, but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults. This influenced her to write novels such as The Outsiders, her first novel, which was published in 1967.

S. E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton

S. E. Hinton began to write The Outsiders when she was 15 years old; the novel was published when she was 18.

1950s

• Conservative period• Post-WWII• Good economy• Eisenhower• “I Love Lucy”• “Father Knows Best”• “The Honeymooners”• “Ozzy and Harriet”• “Leave It to Beaver”

1960s

• JFK President 1960-1963: Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, NASA, assassinated

• Cultural revolution• Beat poets• Rock n’ roll

• Rebel cinema• Hippies, psychedelic• Free speech, Chicano

rights, antiwar movement, sexual revolution• LBJ President

1963-1968: Civil Rights Act

• MLK, Jr. & Malcolm X: civil rights movement

• 1969: Moon, Woodstock

Greasers v. Socials (Socs)

• GREASERS• Working class poor• East side• Community menace• Elvis• T-shirts and jeans• No car, T-Bird• Long, greased hair

• SOCS• Wealthy• West side• Community trust• Beatles• Madras shirts/jackets• Mustangs• Semi-Beatles haircuts

Greasers

Greasers

• Hoodlums, hoods, juvenile delinquents, JDs

• Smoke, weed-fiend, cancer stick

• Heaters = guns• Fuzz = police

Grease, American Graffiti, “Happy Days”

19721973

1974

Socs

Socs

Madras Clothing

• Lightweight cotton fabric with patterned texture, ideal for summer

• Popular in 1960s

Cars

Chevrolet Corvair, 1960-1969 (1962)Ford Mustang, 1964-today (1964)

Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, 1963-1967 (1964)Ford Thunderbird, 1955-2005 (1960)

SocsSocs

Cherry Valance Buck Merril

Elvis Presley

• Musician, actor• 1935-1977• 1956, hips• The King• “Jailhouse Rock”• “Hound Dog”• “Heartbreak Hotel”• Cheasy musical

movies

The Beatles

• Pop rock• 1960-1970• British• Ed Sullivan Show

1964• “She Loves You”• “I Want to Hold Your

Hand”• “Yesterday”

Hank Williams

• Honky tonk musician• 1923-1953• Grand Ole Opry• “Hey Good Lookin’”• Substance abuse

Will Rogers

• Actor, cowboy, comedian

• 1879-1935• Old cowboy movies• Oklahoman

“Perry Mason”

• TV show• 1957-1966• Lawyer who defends

clients wrongly accused of murder

Paul Newman

• Actor, rebel, handsome

• The Hustler (1961)• Hud (1963)

Beach Party Movies

• Popular movie genre• Early-mid 1960s• Teen audience• Romance, music• Annette Funicello,

Frankie Avalon, Elvis

Drive-In Theaters

• Peaked in late 1950s and early 1960s, especially in rural areas

Drag Races & Rodeos

DX Gas, Dairy Queen, Tastee Freez

1960s Consumer Products

Gone With the Wind

• Margaret Mitchell• 1936 book• 1939 film• Bestseller• American Civil War

and Reconstruction• Gallant Southern

gentlemen and belles

The Carpetbaggers

• Harold Robbins• 1961 book• 1964 film• Bestseller• Movie industry,

airplane industry, Howard Hughes

Great Expectations

• Charles Dickens• 1861• British classic story of

Pip, an orphan, who grows from a youth to adulthood

Jack London

• Author, journalist• The Call of the Wild

(1903)• White Fang (1906)• Survival, extreme

environments, socialism

Robert Frost

• Poet• 1874-1963• Rural New England• “The Road Not

Taken”• “Stopping by Woods

on a Snowy Evening”• “Nothing Gold Can

Stay”

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

• Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.