Critical Review "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton S.E. Hinton wrote this novel while she was in high school, at the young age of sixteen. It was completed in 1967. She has written other novels such as That Was Then This is Now, Rumble Fish, and Taming the Star Runner. The novel, The Outsiders, was written about living in the sixties amid gang rivalries. It is told through the personal thoughts of Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old …showed first 75 words of 701 total…

…showed last 75 words of 701 total…us a spectrum of emotion, showing us how sad things in life can really be. In conclusion, The Outsiders is a very good novel to read. I liked everything in this book- the characters, the confrontations with the rival gang, the setting, the dialogue, the events. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys fictional novels based on realistic events, or for students who are looking for a fun book to read for a report.