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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).
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 ...
The 1967 critically acclaimed young adult novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton told the story of a gang of greasers, and was controversial upon release due to its depiction of gang violence. The film adaptation of The Outsiders was released in 1983 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. [28]
"The Outsiders," the stage adaptation of Oklahoma writer S.E. "Susie" Hinton’s iconic coming-of-age novel, won best musical, along with three other prizes, at Sunday night's Tony Awards. And the ...
1960s short story stubs (2 C, 32 P) This page was last edited on 16 September 2019, at 00:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Like the book and film, “The Outsiders” musical is set in Tulsa in the 1960s and focuses on young Greaser Ponyboy Curtis, his two older brothers and their chosen family of “outsiders ...
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 ...
Some of Tim's Stories is a novel written by S.E Hinton, author of the award-winning novel The Outsiders. Published in 2007, Some of Tim’s Stories is a collection of 14 intertwined, short stories that explores the lives of two cousins-Mike and Terry. The title character, Tim, is a bartender and is also the author of these stories.