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b) Setting: The Outsiders takes place in the 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I know that this book takes place in the 1960’s because of some of the terms said in the story. First, I originally thought this book was in the 1960’s when I heard the name “Elvis Presley”. Elvis Presley used to be a very famous artist. His songs are still around, but are not nearly as popular they used to be. He rose to fame in the mid to late 1950’s and continued into the 1960’s. Another hint as to why this book takes place in the 60’s is because they mentioned “The Beatles”. The Beatles received their first contract in 1962, but broke up in the late 60’s. In the 1960’s, they were a very famous group. My last reason to support that The Outsiders takes place in the 60’s is because of something the Socs wore, known as madras. The madras shirt became popular in the time period in which The Outsiders takes place, the 1960’s. …show more content…

I know this because it says so in the back of the book. Within Tulsa, there is an Eastside and a Westside. The Greasers live on the Eastside, and the Socs live on the Westside. This location works for The Outsiders because it really shows how much the Greasers and Socs dislike one another. They are on completely different sides of the city because of their strong hatred. Also, in the story Ponyboy talks about rodeos and barrel racing. This is something that seems very original to Oklahoma because of its country, “hillbilly” roots. The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s, and there are many subtle hints showing

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The Outsiders is a novel written by S.E. Hinton and takes place in Oklahoma during the 1960s. One theme in this novel that stands out most to me is loyalty. The story is told by Ponyboy Curtis, and illustrates his conflict with right and wrong in his world, where he feels like an outsider. Loyalty to Ponyboy means giving and receiving honor, integrity, trust, support, family, pride, honesty and faithful to those closest to him.

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In the story The Outsiders the two main groups who are figuratively and literally on the opposites sides of town, the East side and the West side where the prime meridian of the city separates the Greasers and the Socs. When Pony and Johnny are at the movies and stop Dallas Winston from annoying the two Soc girls in front of them, the girls start to talk them and the boys realize that Socs aren’t very different from Greasers, besides the slicked back hair and the fancy blue Mustangs.

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Ponyboy’s vs the Socs The fiction book the,”The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hilton tells the reader about the ongoing fighting between the west side and the east side in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1965. Hilton writes about a young greaser or east sider and his family fight against the Socs or West siders. In the novel you see ponyboy’s view of the Socs and how it evolves from the beginning of the book to the end.

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The book proves that no matter your set up, growing up is hard for everyone. Ponyboy Curtis is the main character and narrator of The Outsiders,he is 14 years old and he is a very smart greaser, he is also an orphan, living with his older brothers, Darry and Soda. For all the Curtis brothers, their life is extremely difficult. They have to raise themselves with no parents. To add to this, they have to live of fear of being jumped by socs just because they are greasers.

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The Outsiders movie and book are very different . They have many differences like in the movie more than one soc tries to drown Pony , Johnny and pony chased a rabbit , and dally gets bernd. Some of their similarities are bob has a blue mustang , pony & johnny got a week's supply of baloney , they both talk about sunsets and Johnny still carries his switchblade . There are many differences , but let's talk about some similarities .One

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Comparative Analysis The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt, and The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, both take place in the 1960s. When analyzing the two novels, one can compare and contrast the social inequalities racism, classism, and bullying. These inequities enhance the reader’s understanding of how society is separated. While racism is present in The Wednesday Wars, the subject is not present in The Outsiders.

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The book the Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a book about a lot of different themes and problems but one of them in particular is don't judge a book by its cover. The Outsiders is about different groups of different types of people. People might judge people by their looks because they just assume that they are "trashy". If you get to know them they might have a heart and not what you really think. The reason why this theme fits this book perfectly is because the socs and greasers are always fighting.

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Imagine how your social status and appearance define your life. The story of The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1967. This interesting drama revolves around Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny, who get in trouble by killing Bob Sheldon, a Soc from their rival gang. Even though some people may think that Johnny is not guilty of killing Bob, Johnny is guilty of killing Bob because Bob didn’t do anything at the time to kill Johnny. Johnny is not completely guilty, though.

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Outsiders Compare/Contrast The outsiders is a story about Greasers and Socs. The Greasers are boys, (No girls greasers were mentioned in the movie, or book.) who live on the East side. They are not as rich as the Socs, or the middle class. The Greasers are more emotional than the Socs.

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The Outsiders Since books have been created there has been many books banned or challenged for whatever reason the reader found inappropriate or detrimental. Schools all around the country have challenged or banned books, for example, a student’s parent got their hands on a book they’re reading and found it inappropriate for their son/ daughter to read and have asked the school to remove it from their library. In this case ‘The Outsiders’ has been banned in many public schools, but in 2001 ‘Eleanor’s George Washington Middle School’ banned the book due to objections to the focus on gangs, gang activities and excessive use of drugs. Throughout the literature you can find many references to unfortunate events like on page 11 where they’re describing one of the

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The societal circumstances in the 1960s that prompted Hinton to write The Outsiders was the social revolution which the Civil Rights movement, LGBT movements, and the radical movements of the student activists. The Civil Rights movement began in the 1960s; the leader of the Congress on Racial Equality launched Freedom Rides to integrate interstate buses and the volunteers rode the buses into Deep South where they faced violence which includes bombings and beatings in Anniston Alabama (History.com Staff). Because of the racial segregation that was going on, that might have influence Hinton to write the book due to the fact that the Black race felt like they were an outsider and had a wall between them and the the rest of the society. Furthermore,

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Sixteen years later a school librarian in Fresno, California asked that a movie would be made about her and the students’ favorite book, which was The Outsiders, and it was a movie to remember. The movie featured an outstanding cast, which was the three Curtis brothers who had to overcome many challenges. The director, and the effort put into making the

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In this book report I will talk about the book “The outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, I will do a review of the story, the point of view, theme, symbols and my opinion about this book I really liked to read for the English class. The story is about a boy named Ponyboy who lived in a small town in Texas with his two brothers Darry and Sodapop were a gang war was taking place between two different social class people: The Socs and the Greasers. Ponyboy will learn the consequences bad acts can bring to your life in the middle of a gang war. The greasers were a middle class and not so social kind of people who liked to get in trouble and The other gang The Socs were a most of them a high class or middle-high class group of people who where they went they will always go in groups of like three or four people.

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S.E. Hinton did not accurately portray the culture of the 60’s in the novel “The Outsiders,” as well as she could have. She missed a lot of the significant events going on during the time. She showed the style of the Greasers and what they liked, but not as much on the political situation going on. During the 1960’s, there was a critical event going on in American history, the Civil Rights movement.

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Picture being so scared walking home alone that you had to carry a switchblade around. In The Outsiders Ponyboy, and his friends who are called the greasers, live in a violent, bad neighborhood without their parents. They are against a group called Socs who are a higher class, in a much better neighborhood and they jump the greasers all the time out of nowhere. The setting causes the characters to be tense and anxious, for example, Johnny and Darry who can never calm down and loosen up. They always have to look behind their back everywhere they go.

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