Out Of The Picture Do you feel unwanted, left out, maybe like an outsider? Well S.E Hinton wrote the outsiders; A novel describing the relationship between two groups, “Greasers”, “Socs.” In the 60s Hinton experienced a lot of discrimination in her hometown of Tulsa Oklahoma. She wrote the Outsiders because she was angry about the different groups. It’s obvious that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. During biology Ponyboy pulls out a switchblade, and a socs girl says “they are right you are a hood.” This stereotypical statement show that the Greasers were viewed as outsiders. Another example of this discrimination would be when Ponyboy states that he was
