The Outsiders: The Setting
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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