THE OUTSIDERS By S.E. Hinton Presentation by Kaitlin Cannon

ABOUT S.E. HINTON  Real name: Susan Eloise Hinton  Born in 1950, Tulsa, Oklahoma  Wrote The Outsiders while still in high school  Experienced writer’s block for years after she published for the first time in 1967 at 18 years old

SETTING  Tulsa, Oklahoma  1960’s

GREASERS  Brothers  Darry  Sodapop  Ponyboy  Johnny  Dally  Two-Bit  Steve Randle

SOCS  Bob  Randy  Marcia  Cherry

TONE  Youthful  Melodramatic  Slangy  Simplistic

POINT OF VIEW  Written in Ponyboy’s point of view  Allows the reader to have an inside look into the mind of an orphaned kid with a bad rap because he is from the wrong side of the tracks

THEMES  Closing the Gap Between Rich and Poor  Socs and Greasers think they are completely different but Cherry and Ponyboy prove that stereotype wrong  Honor Code  Greasers are there for one another no matter what the circumstances  Male-Female Interactions  Males know how their male enemies are going to react to them.  Females prove to be unpredictable when dealing with their male counterparts

MOTIFS  Literary References  Classic stories are used to create bonds  Ponyboy references Robert Frost’s poem  Eyes  Hinton uses the character’s physical descriptions to explain their personalities  Johnny: big, brown, innocent; Darry and Dally: icy blue, invulnerable, heartless

MORE MOTIFS  Ponyboy Loses Consciousness Several Times  Gives the reader a break from the intensity  Also allows for events to be recounted by the narrator

SYMBOLS  Two Bit’s Switchblade  Blade is stolen  Power that comes from the potential to be violent  Dally uses it to break out of the hospital  Cars  Represents power for the Socs  Vulnerability for the Greasers

MORE SYMBOLS  Bob’s Rings  Symbolize wealth  Uses them as weapons  Greaser Hair  Marks their identity  The Soc’s threaten to cut Ponyboy’s hair thus taking away his identity

PONYBOY’S HOME LIFE  Lost both his parents  Lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop  Darry is only a few years older than Ponyboy but must act like a parent  He provides shelter, money and food for Ponyboy

PLOT  Ponyboy is jumped by Socs while walking home from the movies  Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny meet two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia, at the drive in. During the new friends’ walk home, Cherry and Marcia’s boyfriends show up to take them home. Ponyboy leaves home following a fight with Darry.  Ponyboy and Johnny walk through the park. Bob (Cherry’s boyfriend) and Randy (another Soc) find the two Greasers and a fight ensues. Johnny saves Ponyboy’s life when Bob was holding his head under water.  Bob is killed. Dally helps the boys escape to a church. After spending days at the church, the boys decided to leave. As they leave, they find the church on fire.

PLOT CONTINUED  Children wandered into the church, so Johnny, Dally and Ponyboy save all the children from the church.  Dally and Ponyboy suffer burns. Johnny’s back is broken.  Johnny’s condition takes a turn for the worst.  The Greasers and Socs rumble. Greasers are the victor.  Johnny dies after the rumble. He tells Dally and Ponyboy that fighting is useless.  A distraught Dally robs a grocery store. He rushes toward the police with an unloaded gun. The police shoot him.  Days later, Ponyboy is told he must write a paper about his life. The reader learns that The Outsiders is actually the paper Ponyboy had to write.

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CREDITS  SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Outsiders.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC Web. 18 Oct  Youtube.com 