s.e. hinton's biography
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S.E. Hinton's Biography . By:Brianna Anaya, Angelita Grimaldi, Daniel Lawson, Santiago Fuentes . How did S.E. Hinton's career start?. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
S.E. HINTON'S BIOGRAPHY
By:Brianna Anaya, Angelita Grimaldi, Daniel Lawson, Santiago Fuentes
How did S.E. Hinton's career start?
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Her career Began after the final draft of her book the The Outsiders was published. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950 and lived there most of her life.
She wrote books about troubled young men when
she was a teenager.
She began writing at the age of 15 and has written
many award winning books (Ex. The outsiders,
Rumble Fish, and That was then, this is now.
What inspired S.E. Hinton to
write “The
Outsiders?”
S.E. Hinton was inspired by two gangs at her high
school called the Greaser’s and the Soc’s when she witnessed a
beating between one of her greaser friend it
inspired her to write “The Outsiders”
She also wrote it to calm herself about her fathers
illness and her anger from when her friend got beat
up, because the Soc’s didn’t like the way their
hair was combed
She began to read juvenile delinquent books and do lots of research for
it but she already explored them personally
How did S.E Hintons career affect her writing?
Due to the publicity and fame of the outsiders
Hinton went into a 3 year long writers block.
S.E Hintons boyfriend got tired of seeing her
depressed all the time so he convinced her to start
writing again.
He started by making her write two pages a each day if she wanted to go
anywhere. This eventually resulted in a book, “That Was Then, This Is Now.”
What did S.E Hinton achieve in her career?
• With her first book, “The Outsiders”, it was ranked
as a classic, and is still widely read and is also
known as one of the most important books on the
field.
• One of her other books, “That Was Then, This Is Now.”, also became a
movie and was discovered by Paramount Pictures.
• Hinton wrote many of her books in college at the University of Tulsa. She
studied to become a teacher. She later then
also, wrote her next book, “The Rumble Fish.”
Bibliography PT.1 www.sehinton.com
www.famousauthors.org
Bibliography PT.2 www.randomhouse.com
www.wiki.answers.com
www.Clifsnotes.com