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Loading... The Outsiders (1967)by S. E. Hinton
This book is always a favorite class read with my eighth graders; even my reluctant readers seem to really enjoy it. I recently found a version on CD which has really made the experience more engaging. This book has such a plethora of diverse and timeless themes, including the importance of family and friendships The book also explores the war between the social classes, and ultimately offers a message of hope. (  ) YvetteKolstad | May 2, 2013 |  How do you make a murder and a fire boring? I dunno, but Hinton successfully managed it for me. Just about everything in the book is spelled out for the reader by Hinton (through Ponyboy), allowing the reader little room for personal discovery. Each character revelation is presented basically by saying, "so-and-so is like this because of this event I may or may not have mentioned earlier." The book took far too long to become interesting for me and then it was over. I doubt I'll be reading any of Hinton's other works. (  ) benuathanasia | Apr 24, 2013 | super classic for middle school. All about misfits and bullies and morals. ChelseaBell | Apr 23, 2013 | Rating: 4 of 5 Read this per school's reading list back in junior high and remember really liking it. I cried. (  ) flying_monkeys | Apr 10, 2013 | I never had to read this book in grade school, so when it was on my list of suggested reading for my Young Adult Lit course I jumped at the chance. I honestly didn't know what to expect. I knew it was a classic and that everyone raved about it (and the movie? I think there was a movie...) but I never understood why. When you are given a synopsis of the story it sounds rather bland. I have to admit that even when I got 3/4's of the way through it I was still thinking, "this seems rather drug out." But the last chapter got me. I wept for Dallas and Johnny, and although it surprised me that there was a death by police scene, it added to the heartbreak the author was trying to portray. The book covered a lot of topics that are hard for young adults to talk about or deal with, such as social norms and what groups you fit in, not to mention the unspoken class system. Ponyboy realizes that there really wasn't that much differentiating the greasers from the socs, and that it was perspective that the groups disagreed on: The socs and the greasers watch the same sunset after all. Overall I really liked this book. I would give it 4.5 stars. ( ) Amanda.Richards | Apr 9, 2013 |
 I enjoyed the book the Outsiders. I liked this book because it shows two seperate societes(greaser and the socs) can make make people very divided. But the strange thing is is that some of the people from each group don't want to be either and are similar in their ideas. This wass shown best through Cherrry and Ponyboy. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes a good book Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect—until the night someone takes things too far. Susan Eloise Hinton's acclaimed first novel, The Outsiders, was originally published in 1967 when she was a freshman in college and is as powerful now as it was then. She wrote it in response to a "greaser" friend of hers getting beaten up by a gang of "socs" and all the characters she says are "loosely based" on the people she knew growing up. Has the adaptationHas as a student's study guide
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