The Outsiders
By: S.E. Hinton
Biography
Susan Eloise Hinton was born on July 22, 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Susan had read literature and wrote at a very early age. She has been a shy girl who had the ambition of becoming a cattle rancher. However, she abandoned that desire to chase her writing career. Growing up as a teenager in Oklahoma, Susan has strong devotion to literature, but rather seemed her choices to be limited and boring. Regarding Junior high, Susan’s father has been diagnosed with cancer. She figured writing would be the most viable solution dealing with her father’s condition. Her father’s condition inspired to write the novel, “The Outsiders”. She published her story ate the age of 17 in 1967 while being in Will Roger High School.
Once The Outsiders has been published, has impacted her with fame and publicity. The success of the novel enabled Susan to enroll in the University of Tulsa where she earned her degree in 1970. That’s where she met her future husband, David Inhofe, in a freshman biology class. Regarding taking a career as a teacher, she decided to quit because she lacked the stamina to teach children all day and worrying about them all night. The Outsiders gain so much fame and publicity that she felt a lot of pressure. She even was nicknamed, “The Voice of Youth” among others. The intimidated pressure had result a three year long writer’s block. Her husband eventually broke the block leading to the new novel That Was Then, This is Now. That Was Then, This is Now was more though out book than The Outsiders. Hinton began to write more books with ease as she kept writing more books. For instance, Rumble Fish was published later in 1975, and an excerpt in 1968 named Nimrod which was a literary supplement for the University of Tulsa.
Later in Susan Hinton’s life, she has been awarded and decorated for many accomplishments. She won the Margaret Alexander Edwards award that honors the authors “whose book or books, over a period of time, have been accepted by young people as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives.” S.E. Hinton also received awards from The Outsiders from New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, and many more. As of today Hinton spends most of her time now alone in her room writing new stories using her writing utensils and her imagination. She takes care of her child and takes care of her pet dog and horse.
sources:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hinton-S-E.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/the-outsiders/se-hinton-biography
http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html
Once The Outsiders has been published, has impacted her with fame and publicity. The success of the novel enabled Susan to enroll in the University of Tulsa where she earned her degree in 1970. That’s where she met her future husband, David Inhofe, in a freshman biology class. Regarding taking a career as a teacher, she decided to quit because she lacked the stamina to teach children all day and worrying about them all night. The Outsiders gain so much fame and publicity that she felt a lot of pressure. She even was nicknamed, “The Voice of Youth” among others. The intimidated pressure had result a three year long writer’s block. Her husband eventually broke the block leading to the new novel That Was Then, This is Now. That Was Then, This is Now was more though out book than The Outsiders. Hinton began to write more books with ease as she kept writing more books. For instance, Rumble Fish was published later in 1975, and an excerpt in 1968 named Nimrod which was a literary supplement for the University of Tulsa.
Later in Susan Hinton’s life, she has been awarded and decorated for many accomplishments. She won the Margaret Alexander Edwards award that honors the authors “whose book or books, over a period of time, have been accepted by young people as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives.” S.E. Hinton also received awards from The Outsiders from New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, and many more. As of today Hinton spends most of her time now alone in her room writing new stories using her writing utensils and her imagination. She takes care of her child and takes care of her pet dog and horse.
sources:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hinton-S-E.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/the-outsiders/se-hinton-biography
http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html
The Pre-reading Reflection
Ponyboy, the narrator of The Outsiders, explains what life is like for teenagers in his world. You may be able to draw parallels between Ponyboy’s world and your own. Think about each item listed below. Then describe a related situation or event from your own world in the space provided.
Ponyboy’s World
1.) Greasers can’t walk alone too much or they’ll get jumped. 2.) When you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other really well. 3.) Organize gangs are rarities- there are just small bunches of friends who stick together. 4.) They were the only kind of girls that would look at us, I thought. Tough, loud girls who wore too much eye makeup and giggled and swore too much. 5.) Two-Bit- he doesn’t really want or need half the things he swipes from stores. He thinks it’s fun to swipe everything that isn’t nailed down. 6.) Sodapop and Steve get into drag races and fights so much- both of them have too much energy, to much feeling, with no way to blow it off. |
My World
1.) As a little boy, my mother has always been concerned about my safety. She's afraid even till now that I'll either get jumped or robbed from a stranger. 2.) Yes, when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood you also make friends. I live only a few blocks away from Raymond which makes us good friends that know each other well. 3.) In 5th grade, small bunch of friends my started and organization rather than a gang who sells duct-tape wallets for a certain amount. 4.) I have not experienced girls thinking me as an attractive person as one would call "eye-candy." In the class, not a lot of girls swear or wear make-up at all. 5.) Yes, my family doesn't necessarily steal fro the store, but he usually hoards items that are useless. One time, there was a clunky, gizmo gadget he bought only for the sake of letting the business prosper. 6.) As a little boy, my brother and I would fight and argue a lot. The arguments would be so intense, that I had too much energy and ran and chased him around to my heart's content. |