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The 1960's The Outsiders In Tulsa Oklahoma 1960s

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OUTSIDERS? Outsiders? What are outsiders? Do you think you’re an outsider? If you ask me an outsider or outsiders are people who don’t belong .What do you think? In society outsiders can be considered many people if not many most people .Everyone is a outsider in their own way. An example is you might be a gangster and have really good grades or you might be a nerd and be a really good football player. You’re an outsider because you don’t belong with that group. There is this story that takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma 1960’s .the outsiders is a book that talks about 2 socioeconomic groups of teenagers the Socs [the rich kids ] and the Greasers [hood kids ] . In the

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