It is. I didn't belong. I was always under peer pressure to be a "soc" or a "greaser". I refused to be either so I was a complete loner. A lot of people thought I was stuck up but that was not true.

This will seem strange to many of you. I grew up in Tulsa and went to school at the same time as S.E. Hinton in Tulsa. I am 84 YO BTW. She was a grade or two behind me. I have never read the book. What I have learned about the book is that much of it is based on real life at that time in that place. From reviews and such I can identify with much of it and know it is close to the truth about things at that time.