Nov 21, 2018 ponyboy in the outsiders thinks his life is figured out, until one night his world is flipped upside down. In flint city, oklahoma, police detective ralph anderson arrests popular teacher and little league coach terry maitland in front of a crowd of baseball spectators, charging him with raping, mutilating and killing an 11yearold boy. Because his parents have died in a car accident, ponyboy lives with his brothers darry and sodapop. In this new edition, becker includes two lengthy essays, unpublished. The action of the outsiders takes place in tulsa, oklahoma in the 1960s. Johnny and ponyboy sleep here one night, the rumble happens here, and dally is shot. At least he knows what to expectuntil the night someone takes things too far. Get an answer for describe the setting of the outsiders.
Depression can make these conditions worse and vice versa. Hinton thoughtfully crafted the outsiders out of her own experiences. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is an outsider. Beckers outsiders broke new ground in the early 1960sand the ideas it proposed and problems it raised are still argued about and inspiring research internationally. Thomas howell and ralph macchio as ponyboy and johnny. Hinton chose these surroundings for her novel about teenagers because of her. Another main setting is the abandoned church, where johnny and ponyboy hide out from the police after killing bob, cherrys. It is about a boy being raced by his two brothers, who arent that, much older than him, but they sacrifice their goals and dreams so. Another main setting is the abandoned church, where johnny and ponyboy hide out from the police after killing bob, cherrys boyfriend. The 1920s are a period that is sometimes called the roaring 20s or the jazz age. The outsiders and adolescent social cultures reading on. The outsider is a horror novel by american author stephen king, published on may 22, 2018, by scribner. The outsiders the relationship between setting and mood.
Sometimes medications taken for these physical illnesses may cause side effects that contribute to depression. Hinton modeled the books setting on her hometown of tulsa, oklahoma, although she never refers to the city by name. I had to read this book for a literacy assignment and after we finished the book we had to watch the movie and comparecontrast. The outsiders is 50 years old, and it has a new cover to. The greasers go to see a movie there and meet a few socs. May 15, 2012 the outsiders transformed youngadult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world. The characters in the story live on the east side of town, which is also known as the wrong side of town. But no on much else besides trouble with the socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idead oa good time is beating up greasers like ponyboy. Sep 22, 2014 the outsiders, first published in 1967, is set in the 1960s and is about the struggles and adolescent boy goes through dealing with what social group he belongs to. Several greasers, including ponyboys two older brothersthe paternal darry and the popular.
Ponyboys literary interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. The outsiders is set in a large, unnamed town in the united states. They often fight with the socs, the group of wealthy, privileged boys who beat them up for fun. The outsiders cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. Hintonaccording to wikipedia, the outsiders is a comingofage novel by s.
One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the 20th century, howard s. May, 2009 im doing a project where i need to list all the settings in the book the outsiders. Hinton says so in the faq page of her website, but not because theres any indication in the novel though the slang is insanely outdated. In the book i really loved ponyboy because he was just so, how do you explain it, interesting in the way he worded things, and observed them. Ponyboy curtis, the narrator of the outsiders, walks out of a movie theater in tulsa, and heads home. Eight unconventional ceos and their radically rational blueprint for success. He has lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes, and wears his hair longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides. They live on the east side of the town, also known as the wrong side of town. Depression and older adults national institute on aging.
Hinton, started writing the book when she was fifteen and was inspired by social divisions in her high school that she saw. For this weeks edition of our lesson study of the outsiders, i am sharing a lesson i used to teach the connection between mood and setting. One example of foreshadowing that occurs in both the novel and the movie is the fact that johnny starts to carry a. Alfred brooks the protagonist of the novel around whom the plot revolves. The novel is most likely set in the mid1960s, the time period during which it was written, although, again, hinton makes few explicit references to external historical events that might fix the book in time. As the three brothers wait at the hospital to find out about their friends conditions, reporters bombard them with questions.
The outsiders is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the ya genre. Sep 23, 2007 few books come steeped in an aura as rich as s. We first meet our narrator, fourteenyearold ponyboy, as hes walking home from the moviesalone, which is something we know hes not supposed to be doing. A story written in 1965 is still relevant today and captivates the reader with a youthful, slangy writing style which allows the reader to bond with the characters. The novel tells the story of ponyboy curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in. Parent of a 12 and 14yearold written bycheesecake125 february 28, 2011. Hinton had been a teenager when she wrote the outsiders, something inside her clicked. Ponyboy wakes up in the abandoned church, and at first thinks he has dreamed everything that has happened. Possible loose bindings, highlighting, cocked spine or. Ponyboy, and his older brothers darry and soapop live there.
The outsiders and adolescent social cultures reading on the. His east side neighborhood is patrolled by bullying socials, rich kids from the west side of town. Ponyboy curtis the novels fourteenyearold narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Praise for the outsiders the outsiders transformed youngadult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world. Everything you need to know about the great gatsby setting. Ponyboy curtis and his brothers, sodapop and darry, belong to a group of poor teenage boys called greasers. Johnny slept there when he did not want to go home. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status. The outsiders was published when she was seventeen and was her stark answer to the fluffy high school stories about proms and dates typical of the 1960s.
He works for the epsteins during the day and trains at the gym in the evening. The overall mood of the outsiders is bitter and restless. When it was first published in 1967, the outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Ponyboy expresses his resentment towards society for his rough, difficult life. It is a constant on middleschool and highschool reading lists and has been translated into 30 languages. Here, he has managed to turn a 300page story into a 560page story by leading us on a longwinded wild goose chase while waffling on about almost everything, but somehow, though it seems hard to fathom, i could not put this cracktastic shit down. In the novel, the east coast setting is divided into three distinct places.
Customs and culture smoking was a part of the greasers customs during the time. Many of them have led hard lives already, and they are tough, angry and unforgiving. Possible loose bindings, highlighting, cocked spine or torn dust jackets. We first meet our narrator, fourteenyear old ponyboy, as hes walking home from the moviesalone, which is something we know hes not supposed to be doing. I think the film adaptation by francis ford coppola captures the novel very well. See more ideas about the outsiders, teaching and interactive student notebooks. The east side versus the west side of the city is the stage for the novel, the outsiders. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. The new york times taut with tension, filled with drama. Finally, darry convinces the reporters to leave, but the nurses still will not give pony, soda, and darry any information about the conditions of dally and johnny medical information is privileged and is only given to family members. The outsiders 1967 is a wellknown young adult novel by american writer s.
It tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his two older brothers. The socs are the rich kids, the greasers are from the poor side of town. He is a greaser in a society where you are labeled without ever having a chance to change your ways. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, butdid most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. He is seventeen years old and an orphan living his with aunt in harlem. According to wikipedia, the outsidersis a comingofage novel by s. The film would certainly have received a pg rating upon its original 1983 release, except that the rating was not given until august. In this lesson, youll learn how the setting of the the outsiders impacted the story. The novel is narrated from the perspective of fourteenyearold ponyboy, a greaser who could easily be judged a hooligan because of his. His east side neighborhood is patrolled by bullying socials, rich kids from the west side of. E hinton is set in oklahoma where ponyboy shows you the rough but true reality of society and how stereotypes can affect people physically and emotionally. When he gives up pretending, he realizes that johnny is gone, and has left a note in the dust on the floor that hes gone to get supplies ponyboy wanders outside to get a drink from the pump. At a time when the average youngadult novel was, in.
Puffin is proud to publish this contemorary classic for a new generation of readers. Waking up in a church with the dull realization that johnnys killing of bob and the flight from the law really did happen, ponyboy daydreams about being with darry and soda and how wonderful life was at home. Used textbooks do not come with supplemental materials. The novel is the story of his coming of age and struggling to succeed. In this part of the book analysis about the book the. On march 25, 1983, francis ford coppola and warner bros. Beckers outsiders revolutionized the study of social deviance. The rumble with a rival gang happened there because. Ponyboy in the outsiders thinks his life is figured out, until one night his world is flipped upside down. A film adaptation was produced in 1983, and a littleknown shortlived television series appeared in 1990, picking up where the movie left off.
Depression, especially in middleaged or older adults, can cooccur with other serious medical illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and parkinsons disease. The outsiders took place in a variety of different places including. For example, everyone sat down to have a smoke and relax. In the book the outsiders, there are lots of different settings in which important events take place. There was one rockhard fact, as unassailable as gravity. Greasers, ponyboy says, are from the east side and are poorer than the west side socs. Mood is developed through setting, tone, and diction. The outsiders is the story of a kid finding his place in this messed up world. It is about a gang of teenage boys who are called the greasers.
Im not sure how you spell it, but its the abbreviation for the socials, the jet set, the westside rich kids. The story in the book takes place in tulsa, oklahoma, in 1965, but this is never explicitly stated in the book. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Hinton says so in the faq page of her website source, but not because theres any indication in the novel though the slang is insanely outdated.
Johnny had gone for supplies and returned with food, cigarettes, soap, peroxide, a deck of playing cards. Throughout the outsiders, the vacant lot was a special place to the greasers. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. The novel tells the story of ponyboy curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy curtis the novels fourteenyear old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. Hinton tells the story of 14yearold ponyboy curtis and his struggle with right and wrong in a society in which he is.
Include the time period, physical setting, and local culture. Hinton modeled the book s setting on her hometown of tulsa, oklahoma, although she never refers to the city by name. The outsiders, first published in 1967, is set in the 1960s and is about the struggles and adolescent boy goes through dealing with what social group he belongs to. The moral in this book still applies to life today, making it timeless. Ponyboy says that smoking helps him cool down and relax. The outsiders chapter 5 summary and analysis gradesaver.
The outsiders transformed youngadult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world. The narrator of i the outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. Did the film the outsiders capture the foreshadowing in the. The book on which the film is based is roughly contemporaneous to the time that s. The outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14yearold boy. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was sixteen and a junior in high school. The film would certainly have received a pg rating upon its original 1983 release, except that the rating was not given until august 1984 to red dawn, also starring patrick swayze. The great gatsby takes place during the summer of 1922.
Hinton irrevocably altered the course of juvenile literature in america with her first novel. Hintons classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was first published. Since the outsiders was first published in 1967, over 15 million copies have been sold. Ponyboy explains that the greasers rule the poorer east side of town, while the socs. The setting is based on hintons hometown of tulsa, oklahoma, where she was living when she wrote the story as a high school student. Mar 25, 2017 on march 25, 1983, francis ford coppola and warner bros. The socss idea of having a good time is beating up greasers like ponyboy, who lives with his two brothers. Hintons novel the outsiders, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Most of the characters come from the midwest to the east coast.
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