The setting in The Outsiders is small town in Oklahoma divided into the east and west sides. The main characters, Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Dally, and Cherry. All live there.
How does the setting in S.E Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. Effect the storyline and characters?
To begin, the setting in this book effects the story quite a bit. For example, if they didn't have the divide of Socs and greasers, then the story would be different. In the book, they have two groups on two sides of town, The greasers on the East side, and the Socs on the West side. The groups don't get along at all! But, if they did, wouldn't the story be way different?
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Another key point is the setting in the story really makes the characters on edge and tense. So if the setting changed to something nice and calm, would the characters stop being tense?
With that in mind, here is another quote relating to the characters: ¨But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever.¨ In this quote, Pony is talking about Johnny getting beat up by a group of Socs. If the setting changed, this might not of happened.
Another key point is that in the story it talks about the Socs being rude and doing things that could be considered illegal, so if they act like this now, would a new setting change the way that the Socs act?
In the end, we can tell that the setting has a major effect on every character and makes them act the way they do.
In the final analysis, does the setting really affect the storyline or the characters? Well, yes it does. Setting is important because it helps form the story and mold the characters into who they are. Without setting, there would be no story.
So, in the end, the setting in The Outsiders helps mold the story into what it is and why it is like