At the age of sixteen she wrote her First novel, The Outsiders. I t was this book that allowed Hinton to attend the University Of Tulsa. While attending the University of Tulsa, Hinton fell in love and married David Inhofe just before graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1970. Hinton started her writing career at the early age of sixteen. She wrote part of The Outsiders for a school project and her teacher was so impressed that she pushed Hinton to write more, which led to her final copy of The Outsiders. Her books received many rewards and honors. That Was Then, This Is Now was chosen as a notable book by the American Library Association. The Outsiders was chosen by the New York Herald Tribune as one of the best teen-age books for 1967, and received the Media & Methods Maxi Award in 1975. Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. Hinton enjoyed reading books as an adolescent, but was dismayed to find only a small segment of a teen-ager's life depicted in literature. To remedy this oversight, the young author began to write about teens in a setting she felt would be familiar to her contemporaries. Ms Hinton's The Outsiders was loosely based on a gang-oriented life- style of her fellow high school classmates. In reviewing the book, a critic for the New York Times commented: "Can sincerity overcome cliches? In this book by a now Seventeen-year-old author, it almost does the trick. By almost any standard, Miss Hinton's performance is impressive .""(CB 104). A Saturday Review critic expressed a similar view, noting that The Outsider is "written with distinctive style by a teen-ager who is sensitive, honest and observant .""(CB 104). Summary The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. This novel suggests the stories' content because the Greasers are a gang of social outcasts and misfits.
The outsider wants to or doesn't want to always stay alone. ... This literary work is very similar to the outsider of my definition with my experience such as being made the outsider by people around. ... This outsider is that doesn't chose by herself. ... I also experience outsider that isn't willfully. ... You can see easily people who called the outsider. ...
Outsiders All of the people in "Of mice and men" are outsiders in there own right, they have all been disallowed, or to a certain extent not wanted to have certain rights because of things such a sex, race and different disabilities. ... The language used to talk to Crooks for example "Nigger", is offensive; it also labels him in to a different group from them making him an outsider. Curley's wife is an outsider because she is a woman; there are no other women on the ranch so she is an outsider. ... Because he is crippled (he has no right hand) he cannot work like the other men, he ...
The Outsiders "The Outsiders" by S. ... I chose the novel "The Outsiders" as a text for year 10 for the following reasons: It is a novel which draws the reader in and allows the reader to understand a lifestyle alien to them. ... I believe "The Outsiders" is a relevant novel to study as in today's society the concept of violence is an ever present theme. ...
The Outsiders takes place in a rough city that consists of two sections. ... The Outsider moved around a young murderer Johnny. ... I believe the main conflict in The Outsiders is "Greaser" versus "Socs." ... I also believe the climax of The Outsiders occurs when Johnny dies. ...
In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy Curtis is perceived as an "outsider" or someone who does not belong within the group. In the novel Hinton, takes Ponyboy one step further by showing different situations in which he is really shown as an outsider. The novel is about two different groups, the greasers which are more known as the outsiders and the Soc's which is short for Socials or the more popular crowd. ... Even though he was a greaser; an outsider he was always thinking and knew that some of the things he did were not right and would get him in trouble. ... He knows...
"Outsiders- The movie. After viewing the movie "The Outsiders- I will discuss character development. ... The Outsiders is about a gang. ... Setting In this part of the movie analysis about the "The Outsiders- I will discuss the setting. ... I think "The Outsiders- is an average movie. ...
The Outsiders is an outstanding novel by S.E Hinton about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. ... In The Outsiders the Greasers made belonging very clear to both Pony and Johnny. ... In The Outsiders novel, the Greasers show responsibility towards Ponyboy and Johnny. ... Johnny showed responsibility when he told Dally and Pony that he was going to turn himself in to the fuzz so that no one else had to suffer anymore à said we're going to turn ourselves in-, Johnny repeated - (page 95) The Greasers showed responsibility to Johnny when the Greasers were going to go all the w...
The book of "The Outsiders" is taught in school for students to learn the diversity between different groups, it teaches true friendship & family love, and the book tells the negatives of dropping out of school. ... The second reason that the "The Outsiders" should be taught in school is that the book teaches you the true friendship and family love between people. ... The book of " The Outsiders" should be taught in school for many good reasons. ...
"The Outsiders" is a 1980's melodrama, based on teenage behavior in the 1950's. ... In "The Outsiders," each group clearly views the opposing group as its out-group. ... This idea is prevalent in "The Outsiders" when a popular soc girl, Sherri Valence, who is known as "Cherry" because of her red hair, is seated next to Pony Boy and Johnny at the drive in theatre. ... This idea is prominent in our every day society, as it is in "The Outsiders." ... In conclusion, Francis Ford Coppola's film "The Outsiders," with its brilliant cast of characters, masterfully illustrates the perils...
