Sunrise and Sunset
From Dawn 'Til DuskIn The Outsiders, sunrises and sunsets aren't just about pretty colors. They're also not about marking the passage of time. Or symbolic of the ideal time to take an envy-inducing...
Chocolate
Chocoholics AnonymousIn our lives, chocolate is symbolic of about half a million things. We eat chocolate when we're celebrating—no better way to congratulate yourself on getting a year older tha...
Gone With the Wind
As God As My Witness, I'll Never Rumble AgainMargaret Mitchell's bestselling novel Gone With the Wind (1936) makes several appearances in The Outsiders. Like the sunrise, it's one of the things tha...
Newspapers
Hot Off The PressAhh, newspapers. What a nostalgic artifact. The smell of the ink. The blurring of the ink. The ink-stains all over your hands after you read it. Hmm. Maybe we're not as nostalgic f...