KnowraThe OutsidersLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to The Outsiders, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 5Related 3Narrower topic 1Compared with 1Young Adult FictionBroader topic: Its teenage narrator and working-class characters helped establish a landmark model for adolescent fiction.Richard WrightBroader topic: The novel extends Wright’s examination of power into questions of existential freedom.Tim BurtonRelated: Misfits and social outcasts repeatedly anchor Burton’s stories and invite sympathy.Labeling theoryBroader topic: This study showed how rule enforcement and group reputations shape who is called deviant.Young adult literatureRelated: Its teenage narrator and direct treatment of youth concerns helped define modern young adult fiction.The StrangerCompared with: It emphasizes social alienation where the American title foregrounds foreignness.Patrick SwayzeBroader topic: Swayze played Darrel Curtis, the eldest brother in a working-class family.S. E. HintonBroader topic: This breakthrough novel established Hinton’s reputation and brought working-class teenage life to young-adult fiction.Wild manNarrower topic: Wild-man stories give physical form to anxieties about those excluded from social life.Marijane MeakerRelated: Like Meaker’s later fiction, it helped establish young adult novels as serious accounts of adolescent life.