SE Hinton Questions

1. Why was The Outsiders banned from public schools after it was published?  
One of the biggest reasons for banning the book, The Outsiders, was because of profanity and teenage violence. Parents were worrying that children were being taught things that they were not prepared for yet. Parents insisted that the schools pull it out of their school system.Published in 1967, The Outsiders was ranked 43rd amongst the top 100 banned books by the American Library Association.The book featured virtual characters of messed up families and it talked about drug, alcohol, and cigarette abuse. This book was looked at as a horrible book for children and Christians. (wiki.answers.com)

2. Why did SE Hinton write The Outsiders?
    SE Hinton began writing her first novel, The Outsiders, in 1965. The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school at the time. She wanted to show sympathy toward the Greasers. The Socs were a very bad and mean gang that she did not like. She also wanted to show the realities of her school and being a teenager and that everything wasn’t just school, boys, and girls. Later, her book was published by the Viking Press, by the time she was 17. She had still had these feelings to write about and she had made many corrections to her book over time. (www.yahoo.com/answers)



3. SE Hinton has written many books.  How does she go about writing them?  Explain her style.
    Hinton goes about writing her books by what she sees in her life. She writes about what it is like to be behind all of this while it is going on. Her style is to not just show what everyone assumes is happening, but to show the good parts about the bad people she writes about. This kind of writing is very unique considering the fact that a lot of people want to read what they assume due to self gratification. This writing style stands out and Hinton knows that. She writes with this kind of style, also, because whenever she was growing, she ran out of good things to read about. She started writing with this style to be new and she stuck with it. (www.notablebiographies.com)



4. Who is SE Hinton anyways?  Tell about her life.
    SE Hinton is an author who was born in Oklahoma in 1950. She has written many novels and is very intense with them. She is married and has one son. She attended the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. At an early age, she began to become very bored with the types of books that were out. So, Hinton started writing her own stories, about things in her everyday life. Other than writing, Hinton is kept very busy by her son and other things of everyday-life. SE Hinton is a very important writer of our generation. (enotes.com/outsiders)