The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
S.E. Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the age of sixteen she wrote her First novel, The Outsiders. I t was this book that allowed Hinton to attend the University Of Tulsa. While attending the University of Tulsa, Hinton fell in love and married David Inhofe just before graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1970. Hinton started her writing career at the early age of sixteen. She wrote part of The Outsiders for a school project and her teacher was so impressed that she pushed Hinton to write more, which led to her final copy of The Outsiders. Her books received many rewards and honors. That Was Then, This Is Now was chosen as a notable book by the American Library Association. The Outsiders was chosen by the New York Herald Tribune as one of the best teen-age books for 1967, and received the Media & Methods Maxi Award in 1975. Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World’s Children’s Spring Book Festival. Hinton enjoyed reading books as an adolescent, but was dismayed to find only a small segment of a teen-ager’s life depicted in literature. To remedy this oversight, the
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Ponyboy Socs, Outsiders Hintons, Literary Criticism, Miss Hinton, Socs Johnny, Greasers Socs, Soc Greaser, University Tulsa, Greaser Dally, Tulsa Oklahoma, se hinton, strive goals, university tulsa, age sixteen wrote, written self-indulgence, clc vol30, experience disappointments, book based, based day, modern pop, clc vol30 204, book based day, based day life, fire-engine pace,
Approximate Word count = 1536
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
