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By S. E. Hinton

S. E. Hinton • Susan Eloise Hinton began writing The Outsiders at the age of 15. • She was inspired to write The Outsiders because of the two groups in her Tulsa, Oklahoma high school, the Socs (“Socials”) and the Greasers. • She also witnessed the beating of her friend by two high school students. • She chose to use her initials when trying to publish The Outsiders so male reviewers would not ignore the novel. • Other works by S. E. Hinton: That Was Then, This Is Now; Rumble Fish; Tex; and Taming the Star Runner.

The Greasers • Greasers come from “hard knock” backgrounds. • They like to listen to the music of Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. • Their attire usually consists of tight fitting t-shirts, leather jackets, and snug jeans. They like to slick their hair back. (grease their hair) • Many Greasers are engaged in criminal activities, which causes many people to incorrectly assume that all Greasers are juvenile delinquents (JD's).

The Socs • Socs (short for “social”) pronounced soshes • The Socs were the rich kids. They lived on the West Side. • The Socs were always getting drunk and looking for fights with greasers. • The Greasers always thought that the Socs had it better than them. • Wore madras and drive corvettes and mustangs.

The Beatles • Music of the Socs • From Liverpool, England, they took America by storm in the early ‘ 60’s-’ 71. • The ugly, hard side of life didn't seem to touch them – less emotional (at least not in their music) • Clean-cut and very popular at the time. • More sophisticated

• Music of the Greasers • Was considered immoral & dangerous because of his dancing & lyrics. • He had longish hair, used hair oil, wore jeans, and displayed a lot of greaser attitude. • He was also emotional like the greasers, not repressed. His music was also emotional. • "poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks" image Elvis

Paul Newman • Famous American Actor • Played tough antiheroes and rebels • Films include “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, ” “The Road to Perdition” & “Cool Hand Luke”

Fashion

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