S.E. Hinton

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S.E. Hinton

• The Outsiders

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The Setting

• In the outsiders the city is dirty, noisy,
  crowded, and full of danger. The greasers live on
  the wrong side of the tracks, and their
  surroundings force them to grow up quickly and
  become tough. The home town for the greasers is
  Tulsa, Okalahoma although it is never referred to
  in the book.

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Sodapop Curtis

• Sodapop Curtis is the middle child of three
  brothers. Sodapop is easy-going and good-looking.
  He dropped out of high school at age of sixteen
  to work at a gas station. When Darry and Ponyboy
  quarrel,it is Sodapop who plays peacemaker.

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Ponyboy Curtis

• Ponyboy is the youngest of three kids .His oldest
  brother Darry took care of him and his other
  brother Sodapop after their parents were killed
  in a car accident. Ponyboy and his best friend,
  Johnny Cade, are two of the main characters in
  the story. Ponyboy is smart but the only thing he
  wants is to escape his greaser life so he can be
  some one special in life.

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The Beginning

• In the beginning of the Outsiders Ponyboy is
  telling a short story of his life. As he is
  walking from the movies he is followed by a bunch
  of socs who attack him and ask him does he need a
  haircut? Just then Darry, Sodapop, and the rest
  of the greasers show up. In the beginning
  everyone is cool. They all know were they stand
  with the socs.

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The Middle

• In the middle of the Outsiders Ponyboy gets into
  it with the socs after running away from home.
  The socs tried to kill Ponyboy and then Johnny
  was forced to kill one of the socs so that they
  let Ponyboy go. Now Johnny is on the run for
  murder.

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The Climax

• The climax of the story,the day of the rumble,
  Ponyboy is confronted by Randy, one of the other
  socs. He says he doesn't want to fight in the
  rumble, that nothing good will come out of it. He
  says that he is sick of fighting. After this
  Randy and Ponyboy both have different ideas about
  each other. Also Randy ends up not attending the
  fight.

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The End

• At the end of the Outsiders Johnny dies. Dally
  robs a convenience store then pulls out an
  unloaded gun and lets the police shoot him.
  Later, a court trial is scheduled to see if the
  Curtis brothers will be allowed to stay together.
  The judge thought that Darry is a fit guardian.
  While filliping through a his copy of Gone With
  The Wind Ponyboy finds a letter that Johnny wrote
  him that says stay gold.This encourages Ponyboy
  to write a book- The Outsiders.