Half-century later, ‘The Outsiders’ legacy endures

After nearly five decades, young adults continue to embrace the themes of S.E. Hinton’s novel, “The Outsiders.”

 
BY MELISSA HOWELL | Modified: April 29, 2012 at 12:51 am | Published: April 29, 2012   

In Keith Dinwiddie’s seventh-grade English class at Westminster Middle School in Oklahoma City, the students discuss the novel “The Outsiders” — what it is to be on the outside of a particular social stratum, what things put us on the outside, and, maybe most importantly, how people handle obstacles that make them outsiders.

photo - Above  and right: Dioramas made by Westminster Middle School students depict scenes from “The Outsiders.”
Above and right: Dioramas made by Westminster Middle School students depict scenes from “The Outsiders.”

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It’s a legacy author S.E. Hinton likely never dreamed would come to pass when, in 1965, she wrote “The Outsiders” as a teen at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa.

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