Conflict In The Outsiders

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Clash of Society S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders has written many unique conflicts in her book. One of many conflicts in the story is the Socs (the rich playboys) versus the Greasers (the lowlife hoodlums), with the problem being that one is rich and the other being poor. The second accessible one to spot in the book would be Darry (older brother of Ponyboy) and Ponyboy (the main character), just can’t understand each other, they're so different. The third battle is a little difficult to understand which is Ponyboy versus himself, in which he can’t admit the truth. Considering that one is rich and the other is poor, the war between these two classes, the Socs and the Greasers, will never end. The rich miscreants and the lonely hoodlums are always mentioned in every part of the story, or in other words the Scos …show more content…

He first had to run away because they had killed a Soc and now he lost his best friend who wasn’t like the rest and can understand how Pony felt. “ I half convinced myself that I had dreamed everything that had happened the night before. I’m really home in bed, I thought ” (Pg. 68), and “Johnny was dead. But he wasn’t.” (Pg. 150). Both these quotes prove that Pony is trying to convince himself to believe that he is still home after they had killed Bob and had gone to Windrixville, and after Johnny had died in the hospital after the rumble, that he was still alive smoking a cigarette in the lot or something. By the end of the book his struggle to believe the truth is resolved. This is a big conflict because he is the main character and that is fighting with his own decisions and isn't able to handle the truth so he twists them around so he won’t feel depressed, or lonely. The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton have presented many notable conflicts with extraordinary detail. The most easily spotted wars are the Socs and Greasers. The most

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