The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was an amazing book. Incredibly interesting and constantly relatable. The author, S.E. Hinton, made the characters very likable to all readers. While I was reading the book I found myself wanting to comfort Ponyboy as his life seemed to crumble around him.
The relationship between Greasers and Socials is like many relationships in real life. You can relate their hatred for one another to hatred between the popular and unpopular, or the rich and the poor. The difference in social classes in apparent and happens on a daily basis.
Hinton uses his main character, Ponyboy, to portray a young man that is trying to find himself in a big world. The novel can relate to everyone in the fact that we have all been through times in our lives where we feel alone and confused. In the tender years of one's life there is a point in time where you don't really know who you are. Ponyboy is going through those years, which is why this book can be viewed as a 'coming of age' novel. It is amazing to follow along as Ponyboy is forced to make adult decisions and watch as he changes from a boy to a young man.
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