Susan E. Hinton was sixteen when she wrote "Lives Without Rumo" and eighteen when she saw it published. It's the story of Ponyboy Curtis, a boy from Tuba, Oklahoma. Ponyboy turned fourteen. He has two brothers: Sodapop and Darry. They are part of a group of greasers, young offenders from the outskirts of the city. Their enemies are the socials, or simply the socs. The greasers are thugs, thieves, dirty, wear long hair and gel. Socs come from the most affluent part of society. They go to university, walk-in mustangs and wear plaid shirts.
Yes, the book could have been written 50 years before or 50 years later. The book talks about social injustice. And since societies have formed injustices have been present in different ways. And one of the ways of overcoming it has been the individual struggle, the learning about life through reality, without some welcoming or familiar care for some people.
