As Johnny writes before he dies, "There's still lots of good in the world." JANE MANTHORNEįrom the August 1967 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. In Ponyboy, who lives to finish reading Gone with the Wind and to see more sunsets, and in Johnny, who dies a hero, we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message. At least four of Hintons novels have been made into films, including the Francis Ford. The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. Most frightening and most hopeful is the author's picture of teen-agers at the crossroads, at the point of becoming full-fledged "hoods" or something special. The Outsiders is one of adolescent fiction s most famous novels with sales approaching 15 million copies. This remarkable novel by a seventeen-year-old girl gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the insiders - their loyalty to each other, their sensitivity under tough crusts, their understanding of self and society. When they meet in vacant lots for gang rumbles or personal vendettas, injury is common and murder almost inevitable. Despite the emphasis on violence, the characters in the novel undergo significant personal growth, learning to see individuals beyond the social group they belong to.The teen-agers of the Oklahoma community in this novel are divided into the haves and have-nots: the Mustang and madras-shirt set known as the Socs and the long-haired, leather-jacketed, knife-and-chain set known as the greasers. Film adaptations of The Outsiders (March 1983) and Rumble Fish (October 1983) were both directed by Francis. Hinton is the author of a number of bestselling and beloved books for young adults, including THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW RUMBLE FISH, TEX, and of course. Annotation: When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his. The events in The Outsiders gradually escalate, starting with two greasers befriending two Soc girls, followed by a fight in which a Soc boy is killed and the death of a greaser, leading up to the final “rumble” between the two factions. However, she has revealed that she enjoys reading ( Jane Austen, Mary Renault, and F. The story in The Outsiders centers on two rival gangs: the rich and posh Socs and the greasers from the "wrong side of the tracks." The story is narrated from the point of view of Ponyboy Curtis, a precocious 14-year-old greaser who has a literary bend and college potential. Fun Fact: More than 50 years after it was first published, the book still sells 500,000 copies a year.She began writing the first draft of the novel when she was 15, and writing and rewriting took a year and a half before she was happy with the final copy.
The Outsiders was published in 1967, when Hinton was only 17 years old and attending Will Rogers High School.
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Notable Adaptations: 1983 movie adaptation directed by Francis Ford Coppola, featuring actors Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, and Diane Lane, among others Susan Eloise Hinton was born in 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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