Plays in The Outsiders] was shot and killed by the police for having HintonĪnnounces, "The real boy like Dallas Winston [the role Matt Dillon What isĬurious is that grown-ups insist on the books' veracity. Skywalker's father is really Darth Vader), and their rumbles asĮxotic as jousts in Ivanhoe or pirate wars in Treasure Island. Modern, colloquial tone, they are fairy tale adventures (Luke Like the discovery of mysterious parentage, is that despite their What is clear from the recurrent themes of Hinton's novels, I'm in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. If they occasionally feel the same way about their parents: "Whatĭo they matter? Shoot, my old man don't give a hang whether "lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids," even Respond to family indifference like Dallas Winston of The Outsiders, who Iĭidn't like livin' at home." The desire to leave home isĪ sentiment with which most teen-agers can empathize, but few are given Think, well, I can go live with Bryon and his old lady. Yelling and I hear this sound like a couple of firecrackers. Mark's parentage the shots were fatal, and the child, hiding under Since I was ten and he was nine and his parents shot each other in aĭrunken argument." Later we learn the argument was over His parentage-his real father turns out to be another rodeo cowboy.īryon tells us about it like this: "Mark had lived at my house ever The narrator's best buddy, also discovers that he is mistaken about In That Was Then, This is Now "golden dangerous Mark," APA style: That was then, this is now.That was then, this is now." Retrieved from MLA style: "That was then, this is now." The Free Library.
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