Rumble Fish | Hinton's Depiction of Girls, Boys, Adults, and Young Adults
In this essay, the author considers Hinton's depiction of girls, boys, young adults, and adults in her novel.
Hinton has often been criticized for the emphasis on male toughness and machismo in her books. In Rumble Fish, the portrayal of Patty and other girls is simplistic; the reader never really gets a sense of Patty as a living, breathing person, and she seems mainly interested in her appearance and in going out with the toughest boy. Hinton once explained that she grew up before the feminist movement, that the girls she knew in high school were more concerned with their hair and makeup than anything else, and that girls derived their status not from who they were but from who...
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