Tuesday, April 27, 2010

What school did Robert “Bob” Sheldon go to in The Outsiders?

S.E. Hinton never reveals the name of the high school that Robert "Bob" Sheldon attends in the novel The Outsiders. Bob Sheldon was Cherry Valance's Soc boyfriend who died after Johnny stabbed him out of self-defense. In Chapter 11, Ponyboy is looking through Sodapop's old high school yearbook and comes across Bob's sophomore picture. The reader knows that Bob attended the same high school as the Curtis brothers, but the specific title of the high school is never given.


In the mid-1960's Hinton attended Will Rogers High School located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is the assumed setting of the novel. The Outsiders was inspired by two rival gangs who continually battle throughout Hinton's hometown. The reader can assume that Bob Sheldon attended Will Rogers High School, which was Susan Hinton's alma mater because the setting of the novel was based on her experience in high school.

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