Setting
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is set in a large, unnamed town in the United States. It is about a gang of teenage boys who are called the Greasers. They live on the east side of the town, also known as the wrong side of town. The story is set in the 1960's and relates the incidents that take place over a few days. After killing Bob, Pony and Johnny take shelter in an abandoned church in Windrixville. After it catches fire and burns down, they return to their hometown, where Johnny dies in a hospital. These place was described as a bad place to be, it was as if everyone was against you just because you lived here on the east side of town.Setting is crucial to this story, for it is through their environment, the inner city, that Ponyboy and the other characters are defined. I would not want to live here because it is where the poor people are from, and these are the people that the rich people jump just for fun.
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