Susan Eloise Hinton's Case Study

It is interesting how a specific event in your life can shape and direct your future. That was the case for Susan Eloise Hinton, commonly known as S.E. HInton. One day when her friend was walking home from school, some very malicious kids showed up and started beating him up for looking the way he did and perceiving him a certain way because of his appearance. He was a "greaser". Hearing about this incident made Hinton enraged. She began to let out all of her emotions onto her typerwriter. Thus began her writing career with "The Outsiders" being her first book.