The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

• Pre-Reading
• Information

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Anticipation Guide

• Answer true or false
• Most people are not content with what they have.
• It is common to feel like a loner (outsider)
  sometimes.
• People should be judged by how they look or what
  they have.
• A person is often stereotyped by the people he
  hangs out with.
• It is ok to stereotype people.
• Popular means that you are better.
• It is ok to pick on people who are different than
  you.
• It is good to have friends to count on.

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About the author

• S.E. Hinton stands for Susan Eloise
• Born in the 1950s in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• She started The Outsiders at age 15
• It was published in 1967

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About the book

• Young Adult Fiction
• The language and details of the story are rooted
  in the 1960s
• The setting is in the Southwest

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Themes

• Bridging the gap between rich and poor
• Honor among the lawless
• Treacherousness of male-female interactions

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Setting

• The book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the
  Mid-1960s.

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Literary terms

• Symbols symbols are objects, characters,
  figures, or colors used to represent abstract
  concepts or ideas.
• Symbols to watch for
• Two-Bits Switchblade, Cars, Bobs Rings,
  Greaser Hair

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Literary terms

• Motifs motifs are recurring structures,
  contrasts, or literary devices that can help to
  develop and inform the texts major themes.
• Some motifs are
• literature, eye shape and color, and Ponyboys
  losses of consciousness.

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Narration

• This book is narrated by the protagonist Ponyboy.
  It is narrated in the first person subjective.
• objective factsubjective opinion First
  person objective - I am 21 years old. First
  person subjective- I think the sky is purple.

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While reading the text...

• Be aware of the one sided narration of 1st person
  subjective
• Search for some examples of the themes discussed
  here
• Look for some of the motifs and uncover their
  importance to the text

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Chapters 1 2 Vocabulary
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After reading Chapters 1 2 Study
Questions

• 1. Identify Darry, Soda, Ponyboy.
• 2. How are Greasers different from Socs?
• 3. Who were other members of Ponys gang?
• 4. What happened to Pony on the way home from
  the movies?
• 5. Who did Dally, Johnny and Ponyboy meet at the
  Nightly Double?
• 6. Contrast Dallys approach to Cherry and
  Marcia with Ponys.
• 7. Contrast Cherrys response to Dally with her
  response to Pony.
• 8. Why were Cherry Marcia alone at the
  drive-in?
• 9. Why was Pony surprised that he was getting
  along with Cherry Marcia?
• What had happened to Johnny prior to the time of
  this story?

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Picture Credits

• Animated book
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• S.E. Hinton photo
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• Outsiders cover
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• School cafeteria
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