What Is The Setting Of S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

The Outsiders is a novel by S.E Hinton. It is a story that takes place in the author’s hometown, Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. The book actually started on an afternoon when Ponyboy was being jumped by the Socs from the West Side on the way home from the movie house. The author uses the bright sunlight to describe the sunny afternoon that day. The author described the faces, characters, of Darry and Soda and the car accident that caused Mom and Dad’s death before the Socs jumped him. The author then includes more controversy between the Greasers and the Socs, giving more background of what would happen next. The Socs that jumped Ponyboy drove a red Corvair and wore blue madras. The Corvair kept trailing Ponyboy until the Socs got off the car and surrounded

The main one was the horrible relationship between the Greasers and the Socs which eventually caused the deaths of Bob and other people from the gang. Since the horrible relationship affected too much of the Socs and Greasers’ behavior, it could cause lots of trouble. One was the night when Ponyboy saw Johnny killed Bob, a Soc, at the parking lot due to self-defense. Because of that, Dally had to hide Johnny and Ponyboy at an abandoned church which led to another event as known as the church caught on fire. Of course, there are many reasons why the church caught on fire, including dropping a flaming cigarette or the weather in Oklahoma. But if Johnny never killed Bob, Dally wouldn’t send him and Ponyboy into hiding with the cigarettes that caused the church to catch on fire. This caused the death of Johnny which caused Dally to go out of control and robbed a grocery store. This led to the death of Dally by the police officers when he pulled out a black object from his pocket. In conclusion, the culprit of all this chaos was the bad relationship between the Socs and Greasers. The murder of Bob by Johnny was just the straw that broke the camel’s