the outsiders

Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She never really enjoyed writing books for adults or that had to do with them, but she didn’t mind reading them. S.E. Hinton began writing teenaged books because she disliked the ones that were being written at the time she was a teenager. “Her books have been an inspiration to children everywhere” (S.E. Hinton Biography page 1). “No matter what genre she is writing , S. …showed first 75 words of 312 total…

…showed last 75 words of 312 total…Outsiders is what you might call the wrong side of the tracks. The Greasers grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to become something better in life. It was 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. If you were from the westside of town then you were a “greaser” , but on the other hand, if you were from the eastside of town then you were a “soc” or a social.