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The outsider S.E.HINTON published In 1967 C oming of age book. by Jose Ayala JA CLASS PERIOD 4. s etting. The setting is in Tulsa Oklahoma back then when they had drive-ins. . ponyboy. Gray-greenish eyes Light-brown , almost-red hair Long hair
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The outsiderS.E.HINTONpublished In 1967Coming of age book by Jose Ayala JA CLASS PERIOD 4
setting • The setting is in Tulsa Oklahoma back then when they had drive-ins.
ponyboy • Gray-greenish eyes • Light-brown , almost-red hair • Long hair • Introverted : he is very shy to talk to girl. • Joyful : he is very happy to be a greaser • Courageous : he is very brave when he fights a soc’s.
johnny • Long/shaggy black hair • Big black eyes • Dark tanned face
conflict • Johnny stab a soc’s because they were drowning ponyboy in a fountain they also hid from the cop’s. • It is a man vs man conflict
Summary of plot • The summary is about a teenager name ponyboy .He and his brothers are an a gang name the greaser. They always get in fights with the soc’s .One day ponyboy ran away for home and met up with Johnny at the park. A couple of soc’s showed up and started to fight and they were drowning ponyboy so Johnny stabbed a soc’s and killed him. They went to a abandon church and stayed there for a week. The church was burning with kids in it Johnny was saving the kids and got burnt bad so he went to the hospital. The greaser and the soc’ got in a rumble and the greaser won. Ponyboy went to tell Johnny but Johnny died and then dally went crazy and got shot by the cops.
theme • The theme is how rival gangs act when they are around each other. • Need a haircut, greaser? Page number 5 • I ducked and tried to run for it, but the soc caught my arm and twisted it behind my back, and shoved my face into the fountain. Page 56
Point of view • The point of view is first-person. • This point of view helps the read understand how the person isfeeling and what he or she is think. • If the point of view was different we would not know how the author is feeling and thinking.
recommendation • I will recommend you to read this story because it is about how some teenager life is . • It is a very good coming of age book to read. • This is a really good first person book to read