... Hinton, takes Ponyboy one step further by showing different situations in which he is really shown as an outsider. The novel is about two different groups, the greasers which are more known as the outsiders and the Soc's which is short for Socials or the more popular crowd. These two groups do not get along ... the Wind." (Hinton, 79) Ponyboy was a smart teenager. He really concentrated on his studies but would never try hard in school because he was a greaser, and greasers weren't suppose to be smart, and they weren't suppose to do well in school. A major theme in this novel is the the...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Outsiders "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background,the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis who ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... title of each of the stories is representing the types of characters included. Young Goodman Brown is a nave and immature man. The boys of Greasy Lake are considered to be "greasers."" Brown's wife's name is Faith, which is ironic because it is something that he does not have. Also his father's name is Old Adam, which suggests that he is wise ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School