The Outsiders

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The Outsiders
Objectives
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The Voice of Youth, S. E. Hinton

• In 1967, Viking Books published The Outsiders by
  a 17 year old young woman named Susan Eloise
  Hinton.

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The Voice of Youth, S. E. Hinton

• Her novel about teens growing up in Oklahoma in
  1965/1966 was a hit with young people all over
  the country and earned her the nickname, The
  Voice of Youth.

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The Voice of Youth, S. E. Hinton

• She gave young people an author who was one of
  their own, someone who saw the world from their
  point of view and wrote about the real questions
  and fears they experienced.

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S.E. Hinton
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Setting Time and Place
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• Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965/1966
• The gas stations, dreary streets and housing of
  the poor side of town that the Greasers call
  home.

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• The manicured lawns of upper middle class
  suburbia where the Socs live.
• The theaters drive-ins and burger joints that are
  common ground.

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• The United States coming out of the innocence of
  the 50s into a time of great social and
  political change.

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The 1960s
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The Times
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• The Outsiders was published in 1967, a restless
  time in the United States when teenagers were
  outspoken and rebellious.
• They hated the Vietnam War and the establishment
  that caused it to continue.

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• They resented the fact that young people from
  minorities and underprivileged backgrounds were
  not given opportunities to succeed.
• To voice their dissatisfaction, they had sit-ins
  and protests many became hippies, and others
  turned to drugs.

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Hairstyles
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Clothing Styles
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Books
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Historical Times of the Sixties

• American Forces arrive in Vietnam in 1961
• President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on
  November 2, 1963
• The Beatles arrive in the US in 1964
• Malcolm X is assassinated Feb. 21, 1965
• The Civil Rights Movement successfully advocated
  equal rights for people of color

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• Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated on April
  4, 1968
• Robert F Kennedy is assassinated on June 6, 1968
• Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon July 1969
• Hippies and the youthful counter culture staged
  the San Francisco Summer of Love in 1967 and the
  Woodstock Festival in 1969

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Teen Music Trends
Elvis Presley
The Beach Boys
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Hank Williams, Sr.
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New Trends in Music
The Beatles (1965)
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Americas Top 20 TV Favorites in 1966
T.V. 1966

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Steve Mc Queen in The Great Escape (1963)
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Sean Connery and Ursela Andres-James Bond comes
to the screen.
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Cars of the 1960s
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1960s Slang
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fuzz
heater
Watch out, the fuzz is after us!
When did you start carrying a heater?
broad
rank
That Kim is one knock-out broad!
That band you like is rank!
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tuff
hood
A 1967 Mustang is one tuff car.
The hoods cause trouble at night.
cancer stick
Pass me a cancer stick, Johnny.
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jumped
hacked off
I was hacked off at my parents.
He got jumped by three guys.
pickled
rumble
He got really pickled! (under the influence)
There was a big rumble at the park.
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make tracks
the cooler
When did you get out of the cooler?
Hurry, we gotta make tracks.
JD
weed
The JD got five months in jail.
I could really use a weed right now.
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Major topics developed in The Outsiders
The fight between rich and poor.
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The power of friendship.
What does it mean to be a hero?
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The journey from youth to adulthood.
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Look for these topics to develop as we read the
book!
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The two major groups of characters in The
Outsiders
Greasers
(Pronounced soshes)
Socs
madras clothes with a plaid design
jeans, leather jackets, T-shirts
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Greasers and Socs (from Hollywood)
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Greasers32 Ford, Coupe
Socs 65 Ford, Mustang Convertable
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The Greasers

• Ponyboy Curtis
• Sodapop Curtis
• Darry Curtis
• Johnny Cade
• Dally Winston
• Two-bit Mathews
• Steve Randle

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Socs

• The blue Mustang represents the upper class Socs.
  It stands for money, power and authority.
• The rings are a symbol of wealth.

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Symbols

• The switchblade represents strength and power.
  The Greasers felt safer when carrying this to
  protect themselves.

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Symbols

• The cigarette is a symbol commonly seen in the
  book as well. Many of the Greasers started
  smoking at an early age. It made them feel older
  and helped them fit into their group. Later it
  became a way of passing time and keeping calm.

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Nothing Gold Can StayBy Robert Frost

• Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hire to
  hold.Her early leafs a flowerBut only so an
  hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to
  griefSo down goes down today.Nothing gold can
  stay.