The Outsiders
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Reader reviewed by No
This book is so great because it focuses on the bonds of the characters rather than their social status. This book doesn't categorize the characters as greasers and then show how they fit into that stereotype; instead S.E. Hinton shows how each character is an individual with a heart and a mind, despite their social status. I can't believe this book was written by a sixteen year old, and a girl for that matter! But it's a great story that I loved when I first read it at the age of 13 and still love now at 18.
This book is so great because it focuses on the bonds of the characters rather than their social status. This book doesn't categorize the characters as greasers and then show how they fit into that stereotype; instead S.E. Hinton shows how each character is an individual with a heart and a mind, despite their social status. I can't believe this book was written by a sixteen year old, and a girl for that matter! But it's a great story that I loved when I first read it at the age of 13 and still love now at 18.
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S.E Hinton's "The Outsiders" should be a classic. Its about a gang called the "greasers", who live on the bad part of town. If you weren't a greaser you were a "soc," they lived on the good side of town. The book takes place in the 60's when gang members would jump people and have rumbles. But what the book is really about is growing up. Ponyboy curtis lives with his two brothers because his parents died before. He is best friends with Johnny. The book has different characters with different characteristics. Dally is titled as the bad one and when a couple gang members get in some big trouble he's there to help. Dally, Pony and Johnny have been through the most. As you read this book you'll feel sypathy for Ponboy because he's growing up. Robert Frost's poem "Nothing can stay gold" is what the books about.
S.E Hinton's "The Outsiders" should be a classic. Its about a gang called the "greasers", who live on the bad part of town. If you weren't a greaser you were a "soc," they lived on the good side of town. The book takes place in the 60's when gang members would jump people and have rumbles. But what the book is really about is growing up. Ponyboy curtis lives with his two brothers because his parents died before. He is best friends with Johnny. The book has different characters with different characteristics. Dally is titled as the bad one and when a couple gang members get in some big trouble he's there to help. Dally, Pony and Johnny have been through the most. As you read this book you'll feel sypathy for Ponboy because he's growing up. Robert Frost's poem "Nothing can stay gold" is what the books about.
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