Talk:S. E. Hinton

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Material from Little-known facts about S. E. Hinton novels:

The Outsiders

• Ponyboy's full name is Ponyboy Michael Curtis
• Sodapop's full name is Sodapop Patrick Curtis
• Darry's full name is Darrel Shayne Curtis, Jr.
• The reason Darry has such a 'boring' name compared to his two brothers is because he is named after his father.
• Two-Bit's real name is Keith Matthews
• Sandy, Sodapop's girlfriend, who is only briefly mentioned in the book, leaves Soda to go live in Florida with her Grandmother because she is pregnant with Soda or another guy's baby. If you read every part of the book that mentions Sandy you should be able to figure this out.
• Cherry's real name is Sherri Valance
• Cherry and Marcia and some nurses are the only girls present in the entire book, others are mentioned but not seen.
• Marcia is prononunced like Marsha

all the above text contributed from IP 205.188.117.12, 14:31, 16 May 2004. Andrewa 05:34, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] What is S.E. Hinton Doing Today?

uhh... maybe she's just living her own life, minding her own business, doing what she enjoys, living like a normal person?

From her website: "My hobby is horse-back riding; I've shown both jumping and dressage.

I read constantly, and occasionally take a class at the university not for credit - it's more fun when you don't have to take the tests!

A writer's life is not very exciting - usually you're alone in a room with your tools - paper, pen, imagination. (I usually write long-hand first, then put it on a computer.)

I walk the dog, ride my horse, wander the grocery store wondering what to cook for dinner.

So much for my glamourous life.

I have a great husband, a wonderful son; I won't invade their privacy by saying any more." Lonewuf 18:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

She wrote a really, really bad vampire novel recently. I'll try to find publication info for the article. Don't worry, I'll leave my opinion of the novel (absolutely atrocious) out of the article. thx1138 06:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I did a quick google and found a review. [[1]] Hawkes Harbor its called.--Xiahou 23:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Age?

It's impossible that somebody born in 1948 was 16 in 1967. --OliverTraldi 04:18, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

She was sixteen when she wrote it, she was older by the time it was published ( it can take years before a novel finishes editing, etc.) F-451 18:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

She was 16 when she wrote the majority of it during her sophomore/junior year (1964/1965), it was published in 1967, her first year of college. She was born in 1948.

Some other sources like the Encyclopædia Britannica Online state 1950. --Asdert 11:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

There's an interesting discussion of the question at Who2.com, "S.E. Hinton, Staying Gold (Plus Two Years)", that makes a convincing case for 1948, which simply makes more sense relative to established facts about her life (e.g. graduating from high school in 1966).--ShelfSkewed Talk 13:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Outsiders

I'm reading The Outsiders for my year 9(9th grade) english class and i was just wondering. WHAT KIND OF NAME IS SODAPOP AND PONYBOY?!!! Darrel is the only one with a decent name out of those three brothers. Man were the parents drunk when they named their kids or what? TranscendantX (talk) 06:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)