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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).
While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name [a] as the author of The Outsiders, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965. [ 7 ] The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School , [ 8 ] the Greasers and the Socs , [ 3 ] and her desire to empathize ...
The Outsiders has sold over fourteen million copies since it was published. In 1983, The Outsiders became a movie, and was later released onto DVD. [1] After experiencing a writer's block and going into a state of depression, Hinton met somebody in her freshmen biology class, who inspired her to continue writing.
Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023 stage musical adaptation.
Rob Lowe and Francis Ford Coppola are sharing fond memories of making the 85-year-old director’s 1983 film The Outsiders — including the interesting ways Coppola helped his young cast get into ...
The characters of Tim and Curly Shepard from The Outsiders also appear, as does their sister Angela, who is original to That Was Then, This Is Now. Randy, who was in The Outsiders , also appears as a Hippie in this book, which is appropriate to those who have read or seen The Outsiders , as Randy is an affluent kid who feels guilty about the ...
President-elect Donald Trump had not been terribly successful in suing media organizations until this weekend when ABC News agreed to settle a closely-watched defamation case he brought against ...
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