THE OUTSIDERS a novel written by a teenager!

"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

Our class is going to read The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton.

So what is The Outsiders about?

Here is a brief idea:
P onyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers because of their greasy long hair. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy is attacked by a group of Socs, the greasers’ rivals, who are upper-class youths from the West Side of town. The Socs, short for Socials, gang up on Ponyboy and threaten to slit his throat. A group of greasers comes and chases the bullies away, saving Ponyboy.

What do you think happens now?

Monday, August 24, 2009

What you should know!


full title · The Outsiders

author · S. E Hinton

time and place written · 1960s, Tulsa, Oklahoma

narrator · Ponyboy Curtis

point of view · Ponyboy gives a first-person, subjective account of events, explaining how we should interpret events and people in the story.

tone · Youthful; melodramatic; slangy; simplistic

tense · Past

setting (time) · Mid-1960s

setting (place) · Tulsa, Oklahoma

protagonist · Ponyboy

major conflict · Against the background of the clash between the poor greasers and the rich Socs, the greaser Ponyboy struggles to mature.

rising action · Johnny kills a Soc; Johnny and Ponyboy flee; tension mounts between the greasers and Socs.

climax · Johnny’s death, in Chapter 9.

falling action · The greasers win the rumble; Dally dies; Ponyboy recovers from his emotional and physical trauma.

themes · Bridging the gap between rich and poor; honor among the lawless; the treacherousness of male-female interactions

symbols · Two-Bit’s switchblade; cars; Bob’s rings; greaser hair

foreshadowing · The Socs jump Ponyboy while he walks home alone, previewing their later attack on him and Johnny; Johnny threatens to kill anybody who jumps him again, foreshadowing his murder of Bob.
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