The Outsiders

The OutsidersBy S.E. HintonPresentation by Kaitlin Cannon

About S.E. HintonReal name: Susan Eloise HintonBorn in 1950, Tulsa, OklahomaWrote The Outsiders while still in high schoolExperienced writers block for years after she published for the first time in 1967 at 18 years old

SettingTulsa, Oklahoma

1960sGreasersBrothersDarrySodapopPonyboyJohnnyDallyTwo-BitSteve Randle

SocsBobRandyMarcia Cherry

ToneYouthful

Melodramatic

Slangy

SimplisticPoint of viewWritten in Ponyboys point of viewAllows 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 tracksthemesClosing the Gap Between Rich and PoorSocs and Greasers think they are completely different but Cherry and Ponyboy prove that stereotype wrongHonor CodeGreasers are there for one another no matter what the circumstancesMale-Female InteractionsMales know how their male enemies are going to react to them.Females prove to be unpredictable when dealing with their male counterpartsMotifsLiterary ReferencesClassic stories are used to create bondsPonyboy references Robert Frosts poemEyesHinton uses the characters physical descriptions to explain their personalitiesJohnny: big, brown, innocent; Darry and Dally: icy blue, invulnerable, heartless More motifsPonyboy Loses Consciousness Several TimesGives the reader a break from the intensityAlso allows for events to be recounted by the narrator

SymbolsTwo Bits SwitchbladeBlade is stolenPower that comes from the potential to be violentDally uses it to break out of the hospital

CarsRepresents power for the Socs Vulnerability for the GreasersMore symbolsBobs RingsSymbolize wealthUses them as weapons

Greaser HairMarks their identityThe Socs threaten to cut Ponyboys hair thus taking away his identity Ponyboys home lifeLost both his parents

Lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop

Darry is only a few years older than Ponyboy but must act like a parentHe provides shelter, money and food for PonyboyPlotPonyboy is jumped by Socs while walking home from the moviesPonyboy, Dally and Johnny meet two Soc girls, Cherry and Marcia, at the drive in. During the new friends walk home, Cherry and Marcias boyfriends show up to take them home. Ponyboy leaves home following a fight with Darry.Ponyboy and Johnny walk through the park. Bob (Cherrys boyfriend) and Randy (another Soc) find the two Greasers and a fight ensues. Johnny saves Ponyboys 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 CONTINUEDChildren wandered into the church, so Johnny, Dally and Ponyboy save all the children from the church. Dally and Ponyboy suffer burns. Johnnys back is broken.Johnnys 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.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zacz_ZVEcA&feature=related

CreditsSparkNotes Editors. SparkNote on The Outsiders. SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 18 Oct. 2011.

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