The Outsiders is "the original teenage rebel story" by S.E Hinton. It's based in 1960's America, and follows the relationships and happenings between the two main social groups - 'The Greasers' and 'The Socs' ("socials"). Each group believes they're totally different from each other; The Greasers live in their denim and leather jackets, tight fitting plain coloured t-shirts, chuck-taylors, biker boots, carry knifes, have greasy, combed hair, are relatively poor, live on the east-side, drink far too much Pepsi and "soup up" cars. The Socs are the "rich kids". They live on the west-side, dress smartly, drive mustangs and corsairs, are always getting drunk and trashing houses, and are "cool to the point of not feeling anything". The book follows their rivalry and their initial refusal to admit that they actually have a lot of things in common - "the sun sets on the east side too".
The Socs & The Greasers
The Outsiders Themes- Rivalry
- Violence
- Hate
- Class - Rich & Poor
- Loyalty
- Injustice
- Isolation
- Rebellion
This book follows the greedy and power-hungry Winshaw family in 1980's England. They are incredibly successful but are unaware, and do not care, about the effect their business have on the "everyday man". It is a satirical novel. This means it uses humour, irony, and opinion to humiliate/make fun of something - in this case, politics. As the Winshaw family is so heavily and unexpectedly involved in the British publics life, we follow their developments and how they become increasingly cruel and make decisions that negatively effect the public, as well as the arrival of Margaret Thatcher into parliament. The book is written in the view of 'Michael Owen', who has been hired by Aunt Tabitha Winshaw to write a biography on the family. As well as following the Winshaw's, we follow Michaels life too, and see how it intertwines with the Winshaw's.
What A Carve Up Themes
- Politics
- Death - murder
- Family
- History
- Power
- Sex
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