The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (Review #5)
"Things are rough all over." -S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders I was introduced to this story by my English teacher back in middle school, and I don’t know what it was that caught me the most, but I fell in love with it. Maybe it was the characters, the power of friendship that’s strongly expressed, the scarcity of love and kindness in this world, the unexpected ending, I don’t know. Maybe it was all of those things. My point is, sometimes it is our favourite stories that we’re not sure of, but we hold on to it anyway. We hold on to it dearly because to be honest, in the strangest ways it changes us. We also hold on to it because to find something so close to our heart is rare in today’s world. “You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want.” - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders I remember reading the last page for the very first time. My table mate’s already spoiled the ending for me, but I didn’t care (although, I did hold a tiny little grudge on him f