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Analysis Of S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

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Imagine being a Soc or a Greaser living in a state split in two (East and West) and having two big gangs in each half. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton life is not very good in Oklahoma. The setting is East and West Oklahoma in the 1960’s. Based on where the characters of The Outsiders lived in Oklahoma they were either a poor Eastern Greaser or a rich Western Soc. The setting affects the characters by developing there personality based on where they live.

One of the main characters is Sodapop. The setting effects this character by the way he talks and his actions. “You got cut up a little huh, Ponyboy?” Sodapop is concerned for Ponyboy because he got beat up. “Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies.” Soda had dark gold hair, he was

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