The Outsiders Setting

Most people would not like to grow up in the 60s. Especially if they were a greaser in a bad town like the characters in S.E Hinton's book The Outsiders. The setting of the book is east/west side of town. There are two groups in town, the socs and the greasers. They were a greaser or soc depending on what side of town they lived in. For example the greases lived on the east side and the socs lived on the west side of town. They setting affects the characters by developing their personality based on where they lived. The main characters in the book is Ponyboy. The setting affects him because Ponyboy is not a real bad boy or fighter so this setting is very different for Ponyboy. Ponyboy uses a lot of street talk/slang words. Street talk is like