The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton Author information 1960s information Themes and basics of the book
Published The Outsiders in 1967 at the age of 17 (Began writing it at 15). The story was inspired by a real-life event at Hinton’s high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Outsiders is widely considered the first realistic young-adult novel. Other Hinton books include Rumble Fish, Tex, and That Was Then, This is Now. Susan Eloise Hinton
Lyndon Baines Johnson is president. A first-class stamp cost 5 cents. U.S. Population: 198 million World population: 3.5 billion #1 Television Show. The Beatles Popular movie
fuzzheater broadrank Watch out, the fuzz is after us!When did you start carrying a heater? That Kim is one knock- out broad! That band you like is rank!
tuffhood cancer stick A 1967 Mustang is one tuff car.The hoods cause trouble at night. Pass me a cancer stick, Johnny.
jumpedhacked off rumble pickled He got really pickled! (under the influence) He got jumped by three guys. There was a big rumble at the park. I was hacked off at my parents.
make tracksthe cooler JDweed Hurry, we gotta make tracks. The JD got five months in jail. I could really use a weed right now. When did you get out of the cooler?
Major topics developed in The Outsiders Look for these topics to develop as we read the book!
The two major groups of characters in The Outsiders (Pronounced “soshes”) madras – clothes with a plaid design jeans, leather jackets, T-shirts
Cars Here are two cars that are mentioned in The Outsiders. The Covair is the first car mentioned in the book. Chevy Corvair 1965 Ford Mustang
Music and Film Here are some images of popular artists and movies. Elvis Presley Paul Newman The Beach Boys Beach movies The Beatles
Next, we will look over the packet for The Outsiders that we will be filling out as we read the novel. There are many different aspects, themes, and elements of literature that we will be covering with this packet. Remember, too, that we will be annotating the literature as we read using post-its and stickies. We will use the symbols that we came up with after we studied what annotating is.