Set against them are the upper-class socials, or Socs, who enjoy drinking, driving nice cars, and beating up greasers. The greasers- whom Ponyboy distinguishes from "hoods"-are the heroes of the tale.
He lives on the East Side, a member of the lower class and a gang of "greasers." Quiet and dreamy, Ponyboy has conflicts with his older brother and guardian, Darrel, who keeps the family together. The novel is the story of a traumatic time in the life of a recently orphaned fourteen-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. Its adaptation to film was a great success as well. Thirty years after its publication, the novel remains immensely popular and has sold more than four million copies in the United States. It drew a wide audience, particularly boys who were reluctant readers. In addition, it was an exciting narrative that captured teenagers' attention.
In contrast, her story was real, graphic, emotional, and true to the challenges of being a teenager in twentieth-century America. In other narratives for teens, she could not find "the drive-in social jungle … the behind-the-scenes politicking that goes on in big schools, the cruel social system," or the teenagers who lived in those settings. "Where is reality?" she asked in an essay explaining her motivation in the New York Times Book Review. The Outsiders was published when she was seventeen and was her stark answer to the fluffy high school stories about proms and dates typical of the 1960s. Hinton irrevocably altered the course of juvenile literature in America with her first novel. Hinton 1967 Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Sources For Further Study S.
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