In chapters 5 and 6 Walter Dean Myers goes through external and internal conflict throughout the story. Chapter 5 Walter and his friends try to hang Richard with a rope over a rail in the basement of a church when reverend walked in and freaked out changing 5 different shades whiter. The boys got beatings when they got home but Walter felt it was unnecessary for a simple hanging. Mr. Dean was called out to read aloud in front of the class that was the moment he realized he had a trouble with reading. All the kids in the class laughed when he started to read because he read extremely quickly his, and his first instinct was to throw his book Most people call Walter, Walter Dean he is known as the Dean’s to be his real family.