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The Greasers

The Greasers. Cool Facts about the author. marked the beginning of a new kind of realism in books written for the young adult market

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The Greasers

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  1. The Greasers

  2. Cool Facts about the author • marked the beginning of a new kind of realism in books written for the young adult market • She started at age 15 and spent a year and a half working on the book, saying that the hardest part was knowing when to stop. Having taught herself to type because she couldn't read her own handwriting, she typed out the first draft, 40 pages, single-spaced. helped establish the young adult novel

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  4. Drive In Movie in Tulsa Hangout for Greasers and Socs, place where Pony met Cherry. A real drive-in theater in Tulsa that burned down a few years ago.

  5. Rumble—a fight. Usually a big fight with two groups or gangs and multiple participants During the rumble scene in The Outsiders movie, locals were used as 'extras'.  Swayze recalls things getting "...a little too real, one guy coldcocked me square in the face.  so I knocked him out.  I really didn't mean to hit him that hard..."

  6. The Outsiders Lingo heater: Gun. weed: Cigarette. rumble: Fight. hood: A greaser that commits crimes fuzz: Police. lighting up: Lighting a cigarette. dig: Like something. boozed up: Drunk. rank: Un-cool. swipe: Steal. broad: Beautiful girl. cancer stick: Cigarette. lone it: Doing something alone. jumped: Attacked by the Socials. slugged: Punched. lift: Steal. hacked off: Be angry or get angry at. tough: Rough. tuff: Cool, Sharp. rolled: To steal from. savvy: Do you understand? Socs: Socials shortened form Socials: The rich kids from the west side. Greaser: Poor kid from the east side of town.

  7. Paul Newman Actor mentioned on the very first page of the novel “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman—he looks tough and I don’t.”

  8. In the 60s many girls still wore dresses instead of pants

  9. Soc boys wore khakis and plaid. Greasers preferred denim, t-shirts, and jackets. They slicked their hair back with hair grease.

  10. This is what a gas station used to look like. DX was a company like Mobile, BP, or Chevron.

  11. Soc’s Favorite Cars 1964 Mustang 1964 Corvair

  12. Music! Elvis The Monkees Bobby Vinton The Beatles

  13. Median household income 1967: $7,143 2005 (latest figure): $46,242 Cost of a movie ticket 1967: $1.20 2007: $6.58 Price of a pack of cigarettes 1967: $0.30 2007: $4.50 Cost of a McDonald’s Big Mac (introduced in 1967) 1967: $0.45 2007: $3.22 Average cost of a new car 1967: $2,750 2007: $28,200 Prices

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