The Outsiders: The Setting

understanding their country and their government in new ways And

even though we don't see that directly in this small

town in oklahoma we do definitely see a group of

teenagers who are rebelling against what's expected of them but

also just trying to figure out who they are Andi

that's pretty consistently true throughout history and it's Still true

now that in times of huge political turmoil in times

of social upheaval you're always going to have people trying

to understand how to be part of their society So

in that sense today's teenagers are not at all different

from pony boy and his friends Does the book delve

into any of the political turmoil happening during this period

So yeah there are definitely oblique mentions i think to

what's going on in the country at the time A

book about violence in the nineteen sixties is obviously referencing

both a war abroad and struggle between violent civil rights

movement and the philosophy of nonviolence at home So those

are things that are very much in american minds that

moment and likewise these characters have to choose like are

they going to be violent Are they not going to

be violent Are they going to be violent because it

achieves a goal but still have personal reservations about it

Those questions are definite really there and the question of

how am i going to participate in this group in

pony boy's case how am i going to participate in

this gang is always one that could be extrapolated toe

other questions How am i going to participate in my

community in my family in my nation in my world

so yeah pony boys questions really do touch on a

lot of social issues of that day What is it

about the setting that makes this book so relevant to

people today Does the book delve into any of the 00:02:32.925 --> [endTime] political turmoil happening during this period Yeah