De-egocentricity and Socialization: A Study of Hinton’s The Outsiders

The paper addresses adolescent development in Hinton’s The Outsiders as the major theme based on psychoanalytic theories. This paper aims to expound on the process of de-egocentricity and socialization of the major protagonists in Hinton’s The Outsiders. The study of young adult literature was rarely undertaken from the aspects of de-egocentricity and socialization, and Hinton’s The Outsiders was hardly systematically introduced by scholars in China. Thus, this paper will provide the readers with a new perspective of the understanding of adolescents’ coming-of-age in Hinton’s The Outsiders.