What similar circumstances and issues exist in both The Eve of Destruction and the opening chapters of The Outsiders? Use examples or quotes from both texts in your answer.

they both take place in a common era and time period therefor, whatever social, economical and worldly problem were going on at the time took place in both books, such as the assassination of jfk

Explanation:

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.