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akannan Teacher
Middle SchoolPosted by akannan on Thursday July 2, 2009 at 8:16 AMI think you might want to check out the enotes link below. Hinton writes the book in 1967 and the references to the Beatles, "rumbles," and Elvis would put it at the mid 1960's time frame. The location would be the southwestern United States for there is talk of rodeos, but it could very well be in Oklahoma, where Hinton lived as a youth. Internally, in the work, the setting is poised between the greasers' East end of town and the Socs, who live on the wealthy West end of town. The indication we get that the setting for the greasers is any place that they will be able to coalesce socially. They seem to be mobile, waging rumbles in different locations and going to different parts of town. Their mobility is reflected in the fact that they cannot go to the West end area because of who they are and the affluency represented there.
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Posted by brandih on Thursday July 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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ilovedallaswinston Student
High School - 11th GradePosted by ilovedallaswinston on Sunday October 11, 2009 at 7:07 PMIt takez place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where S.E. Hinton wrote the book and waz inspired 4 the idea by something that happened there..she wrote it wen she waz 16 so in the 1960's and it waz divided the West-side socs and the greasers..
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