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S.E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hinton Born in 1948 in Tulsa, OK She was a self-confessed tomboy growing up
wanting to be a cowboy or a writer At 16 she wrote The Outsiders because she
was aggravated with the social climate of her high school.
S.E. Hinton
Wrote under the penname S.E. Hinton after publishers expressed concern that males, the prime target audience, would not take the novel seriously if written by a woman.
S.E. Hinton
Suffered from writer’s block after writing The Outsiders and plummeted into depression
After some soul searching and a nudge from her boyfriend she wrote That Was Then, This is Now in 1971.– (Good novel for student choice lit circle end of
year)
Other Novels
Rumble Fish 1975 (eventually into a movie) Tex 1979 (eventually into a movie) 1983 The Outsiders movie is released 1988 Taming the Star Runner (made into movie) 1995 The Puppy Sister and Little David, Big
David (Children’s books) …20 years later 2004: Hawkes Harbor (adult lit)
Hairstyles of the Fifties and Sixties
Women wore their hair either soft and curled or pulled into a ponytail and secured by a colorful scarf.
Men often wore their hair in a buzz cut or flat top.
The Duck Tail
To accomplish this look, lots of hair grease was required. In this case, a little dab ain't “gonna do ya.” This is where the term “greasers” was first established.
There were no blow dryers to create a look. To make hair stay in a certain style, you had to either spray or grease.
Fashion of the Early 1960s
This look was made popular in the 1950s and continued through the early 60s. A poodle skirt is a wide swing skirt with a poodle appliquéd or transferred onto the fabric.
Girls usually wore flared skirts, but the pencil skirt became popular in the late ‘50s. All dresses and skirts came to or below the knee.
Men’s Fashion For casual dress, men often wore cardigans (sweaters) over their dress shirts.
The cardigan sweater seen here was a popular style which was used for the "letter" sweater-popular among the younger men and athletes.
The Coolest of the Cool
The “coolest” of the young men often wore leather jackets over T-shirts with jeans and loafers. Often, this outfit would make people think that the wearer was a “hood.”
Allusions in The Outsiders
Paul Newman Robert Frost Great Expectations Gone With the Wind The Beatles Elvis
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens
This is the story of Pip, an orphan boy adopted by a blacksmith’s family. Pip learns how to find happiness. He learns the meaning of friendship and the meaning of love and he becomes a better person for it.
Gone With The Wind
American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.
Elvis
Elvis Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Analysis of Nothing Gold Can Stay
This simplistic, beautiful poem illustrates the coming of age with plants and nature. When your young your gold. Every thing is new and beautiful. The flower. After a short time, hence “But only so an hour.”, you prepare for adulthood, like when “Leaf subsides to leaf,” as a tree prepares itself for winter. “So Eden sank to grief.” refers to looking back on your past and wishing you were still a kid. “So dawn goes down to day,” is becoming an adult. You can’t stay a kid and “Nothing gold can stay.”
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Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature's first green is goldHer hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.