The Outsiders (Cliffs Notes) [Paperback]

Janet Clark (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764585592 | ISBN-13: 978-0764585593 | Publication Date: June 13, 2000 | Edition: 1

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

In CliffsNotes on The Outsiders, you’ll dig into a novel of the 1960s is a story about teenagers written by a teenager. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy, struggles with right and wrong in a society within which he feels he is an outsider. He and his brothers, lower-class "greasers," fight the "Socs," the rich kids, for 14 days. Social issues gaining notice in the '60s – teen pregnancy, underage drinking, and violence – still find relevance among S.E. Hinton's readers today.

This concise supplement to The Outsiders helps you understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. Features that help you study include

•  Chapter-by-chapter summaries and commentaries
• Personal background of the author
• A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
• Critical essays on the movie versus the book and how society has changed since the 1960s
• A review section that tests your knowledge

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About the Author

Janet Clark is a certified elementary education teacher who has taught in an inner-city Kansas City school, a rural Nebraska one-room school house, and in the People's Republic of China. She is currntly the School-Age Coordinator for a United Way agency in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (June 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764585592
• ISBN-13: 978-0764585593
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that I would most definetly read again and again!!, December 6, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Outsiders (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

This book is so captivating!!! Personally whenever I got to a really good scene it feels like it's happening right around me!! Its about a boy, Ponyboy Curtis, he is in a gang called the Greasers. His parents died and he relies on his 2 brothers Darry and Sodapop Curtis. This is a truly good book!!!

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cliffsnotes!!, September 21, 2000

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Cathy White (Duluth, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outsiders (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

WOW!! This was totally helpful! I had to read "The Outsiders" for school and these cliffsnotes helped me so much! They helped me to understand the book and to really grasp the concept of it. I would definitely recommend this for anyone reading "The Outsiders"!!

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comparison to my own life, April 14, 2002

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Mandy (Cleveland,OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outsiders (Cliffs Notes) (Paperback)

I got the idea to read S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" from by best friend. We saw the movie together and she got me the book for my birthday. Now I've read it twice already!! It's my favorite book!! Reading this book made me compare it to my own life and I concluded that my life and the lives of "The Outsiders" are somewhat the same. Discrimination from other classes . We are the kids that get made fun of 'cause of how we talk and what we wear. But we try not let this bother us and get along with each other. It's us, "ghetto kids" (sometimes we get called that, and like were "thugin'" from the hood), and the other ones, the rich kids that shop and A&E and AF, the preppy kids, they're the ones that call us that stuff. But all in all, "The Outsiders" is my most favoriet book in the entire world, I love it!!