The Outsiders is an American classic that teenagers have been devouring since the 1960s. I thought the book was very well done due to the fact that it sent very strong messages about teen violence, child abuse, and friendship. It is an emotional book about the struggles of a fourteen year old, so I recommend a box of tissues. The conflicts are very universal . The story is made in order for teenagers to relate their personal problems to reality. This is a novel that analyzes the consequences of treating
"In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." Robert Frost (Brainy Quotes, 2014) In S.E. Hinton's realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis continues to get picked on by the Socs, a rich and snobby gang from the other side of town. As the novel continues, Ponyboy, part of the Greaser gang, and his life keep on getting worse and worse. Ponyboy learns how to overcome his problems. The theme of the novel is that life goes on because Ponyboy learns to move
inspired her to write her novel “The Outsiders”, which was published by Viking in 1967. This book gave her a lot of fame and pressure. She became known as “ The Voice of the Youth.” Her pressure and publicity resulted in a three year long writer’s block. Because she was depressed all the time her husband broke this block by making her write two pages a day for her book “That was Then, This is Now” until it was finished. This book was more developed than “The Outsiders” and was published in 1971. She received