Q3.

                What is the best book I’ve ever read in an English class? That’s easy. The best book I’ve ever read in English class was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. I read it in Mr. Cox’s class last year in 8^th grade. The Outsiders is a novel set in the late 60’s in Oklahoma. It is about a Greaser named Ponyboy who lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Sodapop, and hangs around with other Greasers. They enjoy going out at night and drinking, smoking, partying, and especially fighting their rivals, the Socs. Just to clarify, Greasers are the people from the poor side of town who wear leather jackets and have long, greasy hair. Socs are the opposite of that. They are from upper class families, drive nice cars, wear nice cloths and have short, neat hair. The whole point of this book is to describe the division between the two social classes at that time.

                What I liked the most about the book were the characters. They were all similar in many ways. They did the same things, they went to the same places and they all had similar backgrounds. Yet they were each distinguished and unique. For example, Johnny was describes as a scared puppy, while Two- Bit Mathews was always making jokes and having a good time. I also like that it was suspenseful. When Johnny killed Bob, it made me want to read more to figure out if they what they would do or where they would go. At some points it was hard to stop reading it.

                The most interesting thing about, this book in my opinion, was that S.E. Hinton was only 15 when she wrote it! Not only is it amazing that it got published, but it went on to win awards and they even made a movie out of it.