1. The Outsiders
By S.E. Hinton .

2. S.E. Hinton
Published The Outsiders in 1967 at the age of 17 (Began writing it at 15).
The story was inspired by a real-life event at Hinton’s high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Outsiders is widely considered the first realistic young-adult novel.
Other Hinton books include Rumble Fish, Tex, and That Was Then, This is Now.
Susan Eloise Hinton

3. 1967 in the U.S.A. #1 Television Show. The Beatles Popular movie
Lyndon Baines Johnson is president.
#1 Television Show.
The Beatles
A first-class stamp cost 5 cents.
U.S. Population: 198 million
Popular movie
World population: 3.5 billion

4. Background Info Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in mid 1960s Published in 1967
Major Conflict = greasers, a group of low-class youths, battle the Socs, a group of privileged rich kids, who live on the West Side
Features many references to the 1960s: Elvis, The Beatles, Paul Newman, Gone with the Wind, etc…..

5. Paul Newman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Hustler
The Long, Hot Summer

6. The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.

7. Gone With The Wind
American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War

8. Do you know...
your 1960s...
slang?

9. fuzz
heater
Watch out, the fuzz is after us!
When did you start carrying a heater?
broad
rank
That Kim is one knock-out broad!
That band you like is rank!

10. tuff
hood
A 1967 Mustang is one tuff car.
The hoods cause trouble at night.
cancer stick
Pass me a cancer stick, Johnny.

11. jumped
hacked off
I was hacked off at my parents.
He got jumped by three guys.
pickled
rumble
He got really pickled!
(under the influence)
There was a big rumble at the park.

12. make tracks
the cooler
When did you get out of the cooler?
Hurry, we gotta make tracks. JD
weed
The JD got five months in jail.
I could really use a weed right now.

13. The fight between rich and poor.
Major topics developed in The Outsiders
The fight between rich and poor. 1. 2.
The power of friendship.
What does it mean to be a hero? 3.
The journey from youth to adulthood. 4.
Look for these topics to develop as we read the book!

14. The two major groups of characters in The Outsiders
Greasers
(Pronounced “soshes”)
Socs
madras – clothes with a plaid design
jeans, leather jackets, T-shirts

15. Cars
Here are two cars that are mentioned in The Outsiders. The Covair is the first car mentioned in the book.
Chevy Corvair
1965 Ford Mustang

16. Symbols
The switchblade represents strength and power. The Greasers felt safer when carrying this to protect themselves.

17. Music and Film Here are some images of popular artists and movies.
The Beatles
Elvis Presley
Beach movies
Paul Newman
The Beach Boys

18. Socs
The blue Mustang represents the upper class Socs. It stands for money, power and authority.
The rings are a symbol of wealth.

19. The cigarette is a symbol commonly seen in the book as well
The cigarette is a symbol commonly seen in the book as well. Many of the Greasers started smoking at an early age. It made them feel older and helped them fit into their group. Later it became a way of passing time and keeping calm.

20. Characters

21. Narrator and protagonist
Characters
Ponyboy Curtis
Narrator and protagonist
Different from the rest of the greasers: has interests literature and school
Reliable and observant
Rocky home life and relationship with older brother, Darry

22. Darrell “Darry” Curtis
Ponyboy’s oldest brother
Raised his brothers after the death of their parents in a car crash
Works two jobs
Strong, athletic and intelligent
Nicknamed “Superman”

23. Dallas “Dally” Winston
Tim Shepard
The toughest hood in Ponboy’s group
A hardened teen who used to run gangs in New York
Does not put grease in his hair.
Leader of another group of greasers

24. Sodapop Curtis
Cherry and Marcia
Happy and attractive older brother of Ponyboy
Soc girls who become interested in the greasers

25. Randy Adderson
Johnny Cade
Soc who eventually see the pointlessness of fighting the greasers
Is the most redeeming soc character
Parent are abusive and drunks
Nervous and sensitive
Greasers are his family more than his parents

26. The joker of Ponyboy’s group
Two-Bit Mathews
Steve Randle
Sodapop’s best friend
Talent of stealing hub caps
Cocky, aware and smart