Summary Of The Novel 'The Outsiders' By S. E. Hinton

How do you change the young adult reading selection of the 1960's from fake sugar-coated novels to actual real-life issues? Ask S.E. Hinton because she did exactly that at the young age of 15. Hinton wrote the life-changing young adult novel The Outsiders, about things that she witnessed as a teenaged girl whom some would call a “Greaser”. How much courage it must have taken Hinton to write a book that was the first of its kind, and at such a young age! Truly, S.E. Hinton is a woman full of inspiration who continues to inspire many to this day and for many days to come. Susan Eloise Hinton was supposedly born on July 22, 1950, but no one actually knows her actual birth date, except for her and her family! Hinton was raised for certain in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where her famous novel The Outsiders takes place. She went to high school at Will Rodgers High School, and college at the University of Tulsa. Hinton had jobs as an elevator operator and working at a bookstore as an adolescent. S.E. Loves to horse-back ride, watch Supernatural, and of course read and write!She is married to a man named David Inhofe and they have a son named Nicolas David Inhofe, who is out of college.
Hinton knew she wanted to be a writer in third-grade, when she got wanted to read more horse stories, but couldn't find any. She also began writing because she was fed up with all of the sugar-coated books out there, and wanted to write something real and true. She loved to read, and so many great authors, like Jane Austen, Mary Renault, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Shirley Jackson influenced her writing. Hinton was influenced to write The Outsiders by many life experiences too. She saw many Greaser- Soc relationships when she was in high school, and even got into fights and carried a switchblade like Johnny and