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The Outsiders

The Outsiders. by S.E. Hinton Mrs. Webb/English IIB. Author Info. bio link: http://www.sehinton.com/bio/index.html books: http://www.sehinton.com/books/index.html movies: http://www.sehinton.com/movies/index.htm FAQs: http://www.sehinton.com/misc/faq.html. Story Elements.

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The Outsiders

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  1. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Mrs. Webb/English IIB

  2. Author Info • bio link: http://www.sehinton.com/bio/index.html • books: • http://www.sehinton.com/books/index.html • movies: • http://www.sehinton.com/movies/index.htm • FAQs: • http://www.sehinton.com/misc/faq.html

  3. Story Elements • Plot: two teen boys who are “Greasers” run away after one of them stabs a “Soc” after they are attacked • Conflict: there are two opposing teen groups • Characters: Ponyboy, Darry, Soda, Johnny, Dally, other Greasers, Soc members • Setting: Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late sixties • Theme: family and friends can get you through the worst of times; you can’t run away from your problems; life is tough, yet life goes on; look beyond the outside and see the person within

  4. people, places, and things the who, where, and what in the story

  5. people Ponyboy is the narrator, and is fourteen. Sodapop is Ponyboy’s middle brother, and is 16. Darry is 20, and is the oldest brother of Ponyboy and Sodapop Two-bits’s name is Keith and at 18 is still a high school junior. He is the comic of the group. Steve is Soda’s best friend and works in the gas station with Soda. Johnny is the favorite of the group, hangs out with Ponyboy, and considers Dally his hero. Dally is the toughest one, having already been to Jail at 17.

  6. place • tulsa, oklahoma

  7. celebrities Paul Newman Will Rogers

  8. drive-in movies

  9. two groups vs Greasers Socs

  10. cars Mustangs and Corvairs Socs

  11. rodeo

  12. hang outs

  13. a gas: a lot of fun. bad: awesome blast: a great time book: leave the area bread: money bummed out: depressed cat: a guy flake: a useless person fox: an outstanding looking girl or woman fuzz: the police groovy: nice, “cool" or neat hacked: angry, disgusted, mad, ticked off, etc hang loose: relax; take it easy hip: very good, cool sixties slang

  14. more slang • hunk: what a girl would call a good looking guy • jazzed: elated, excited • kipe: to steal. • make out: usually a kissing session in a parked car • neat (neato): nice; sharp • right on: I agree; I concur • righteous: extremely fine, beautiful. • ripped off: to have something stolen, or to have stolen something • rule: as in, "Hodads Rule"; to take ownership of • scarf : to eat very fast • shades: sunglasses • shotgun: place of honor in the front seat of a car nearest the door • skanky: gross, disgusting • solid: something that is ok or all right.

  15. even more slang • square: someone who was not "Cool“ • steady: boyfriend or girlfriend • stuck up: conceited • “the most“: something that is the best or the greatest • thicker than a $5.00 malt: someone that's not too bright--back then, malts were only 30 cents! • think fast: it usually was used to tell you to get ready because someone was tossing you something. • thongs: in the 60's, thongs were something you wore on your feet • threads: clothes • tooling: to cruise or drive around without aim • tough or tuff: neat, cherry • wedgie: when someone pulls your underwear up from the back and it ends up in the crack all on it's own--now they call it a thong and wear them on purpose • “what's Your bag, man?”: what's your problem • wicked: term of admiration • zits: pimples

  16. fights

  17. music The Beatles Elvis Hank Williams

  18. books and poetry “Nothing gold can stay”

  19. discussion • What groups oppose one another today? • What makes a family? • How important are friends? • What movie would you want to escape into? • Considering this book was written for teens in the 1960’s, why do you think this book remains popular today?

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