The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders
“The Voice of Youth”, S. E. Hinton In 1967, Viking Books published The Outsiders by a young woman named Susan Eloise Hinton.
“The Voice of Youth”, S. E. Hinton Her novel about teens growing up in Oklahoma in 1965/1966 was a hit with young people all over the country and earned her the nickname, “The Voice of Youth.”
“The Voice of Youth”, S. E. Hinton She gave young people an author who was “one of their own”, someone who saw the world from their point of view and wrote about the real questions and fears they experienced.
S.E. Hinton
Setting: Time and Place
Setting: Time and Place
Setting: Time and Place
Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965/1966 The gas stations, dreary streets and housing of the “poor side of town” that the Greaser’s call home.
The manicured lawns of upper middle class suburbia where the Socs live. The theaters drive-ins and burger joints that are common ground.
Life in 1965 The high school both neighborhoods attend. The United States coming out of the innocence of the “50s” into a time of great social and political change. Life in 1965
Main Characters: Socs- Greasers-
Greasers and Socs (from Hollywood) :
Greaser’s“32” Ford, Coupe Socs’ “65” Ford, Mustang Convertable
The Greasers: Ponyboy Curtis Sodapop Curtis Darry Curtis Johnny Cade Dally Winston Two-bit Mathews Steve Randle
The Socs: Cherry Valance Bob Gardner
Socs and Greasers (Photos from the movie, American Graffiti )
The Times:
“The Outsiders was published in 1967, a restless time in the United States when teenagers were outspoken and rebellious. They hated the Vietnam War and the establishment that caused it to continue.
They resented the fact that young people from minorities and underprivileged backgrounds were not given opportunities to succeed. To voice their dissatisfaction, they had sit-ins and protests: many became hippies, and others turned to drugs.”
Cars of the 1960s
Hairstyles
Clothing styles
Books
Historical Times of the Sixties American Forces arrive in Vietnam in 1961 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 2, 1963 The Beatles arrive in the US in 1964 Malcolm X is assassinated Feb. 21, 1965 The Civil Rights Movement successfully advocated equal rights for people of color
Historical Times of the Sixties Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated on April 4, 1968 Robert F Kennedy is assassinated on June 6, 1968 Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon July 1969 Hippies and the youthful “counter culture” staged the San Francisco Summer of Love in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969
Contemporary Personalities : Dr. M.L. King Jr. President Johnson (L.B.J.)
General W. Westmoreland, Commander of U. S General W. Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam 1965 (Painting- Byrd Archives) Lt. Rick Rescorla 7th air Cav. Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam 1965, leads his men in a bayonet charge against the NVA. [Photo Peter Arnett] (Died 9/11/21 in the WTC, tower #2)
Neil A. Armstrong David R. Scott, crew of Gemini VIII
Teen Music Trends: Elvis Presley The Beach Boys
Hank Williams, Sr.
New Trends in Music: The Beatles (1965)
Americas Top 20 TV Favorites in 1966
Stars and Idols: Paul Newman In The Hustler (1963)
Steve Mc Queen in The Great Escape (1963)
Sean Connery and Ursela Andres- James Bond comes to the screen.
Political Tension at Home and Abroad: March from Selma, Alabama 1965 Civil Rights March. Ia Drang Valley ,Vietnam 1965, The fighting heats up.
Vietnam LZ XRAY, 1966 (Courtesy of the U.S. Army) L.B.J decides to increase our role/mission in Vietnam. (U.S. A. F. Museum)
The 1st (Air) Cav. Div., 7th Cav. At Ia Drang, 1965 (U.S. Army Photo) 67th TFS pilots Da Nang in 1965. (U.S. Air Force)
U.S.M.C. Gunner, Near the DMZ 1967 Raquel Welch with the Bob Hope Show at Da Nang, 1968 1st. Cav. Moves through the Ira Drang Valley, 1966
The Civil Rights Movement Gains Momentum An attempt to register black voters leads to “Bloody Sunday” at Selma, Alabama
Police confront civil rights marchers in Alabama, 1965 The "Greensboro Four" (1960) waiting to be served at Woolworth's Civil Rights Leaders 1965
Styles
Styles
The Beatles
Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hire to hold. Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief; So down goes down today. Nothing gold can stay.
“Stay gold Ponyboy…!” - Johnny Cade
The Outsiders is a book that shows that “beneath the trappings of madras or leather, individual hearts have much in common.”