S. E. Hinton
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Brainstorm:
Group One: Do you think cliques are as common today
as they once were?
What are some benefits of being in a clique?
What are some downfalls?
How are they different today then they were
in the 60’s?
 Group 2: Culture 1960
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What are some famous songs/musicians
TV shows?
Trends?
Group 3: Events
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What big events occurred in the 1960’s?
Who were the Presidents?
 Born
in the 1940’s in Oklahoma
 Went by S.E. because the publishers thought
people wouldn’t like it if a female was
writing about male violence.
 Began writing the Outsiders when she was 15
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Started writing it because of frustrations with
social divisions in her high school.
The story is about class conflicts
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Violence, class conflict, prejudice
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tried to shed light that ‘greasers’
weren’t bad people
 Outsiders was her best novel
 Greasers
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V.
Low class youth
Greased hair
Lived on the east
side of town
“tough”
 Socs
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Privledged
Wealthy
Lived on west side
of town
“All American”
athletes,
cheerleaders…
 1960’s
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Cultural slang of the time
 Southwest
 Narrator:
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Ponyboy Curtis
1st person subjective
 Themes:
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Brotherhood, loss of innocence, honor among the
lawless, common humanity
Greaser: a group of boys that love each other like
family- poor, steal, drink, smoke, fight but always
have a reason. Very high emotion
 Socs: wealthy group lives on the west of town, fight
unfairly because they are bored. Nice cars, good
grades, cool, aloof
 Rumble: gang fight
 Mugged: threaten with the intent of being robbed.
 Lynx: wildcat
 Bawl: cry loudly
 Reckless: careless
 Vacant: not occupied, empty
 Nonchalant: seeming to be cooly unconcerned; not
caring
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The way the author presents at character in a
story
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Direct: the author tells us what a character is
like
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Ex. She was a bossy girl.
Indirect: The writer lets us decide what the
character is like by telling us their actions,
dialogue, what they look like…
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Ex. As he walked by the students desk, he quickly
knocked all the books off, and continued walking.
 Protagonist:
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The main character; the person with whom the
reader emphasizes. “ The Hero”
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Ex. Harry Potter in Harry Potter
 Antagonist:
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opposing the main character; ‘the enemy’
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Ex. Voldemort in Harry Potter
 Major
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We learn the most about them- play an integral
role in the plot
 Minor
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characters:
characters:
Less important, but needed for the story to
develop
 Qualities
that make up a character’s
personality through actions, words, opinions,
and the author’s description.
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Round: many traits, complex
Flat: one character trait
Static: stays the same through the story
Dynamic: changes throughout the story