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Character Vs Society Type Conflict

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In the book, where only two children are allowed per family, the third child Trey sets out to find his friend Lee ( Luke also a third child).This a character v.s. society type conflict. When Trey arrived at Mr. Talbot’s house, the population police came to arrest Mr. Talbot, where Trey was terrified and hid behind a flower pot. Trey found Luke’s brother Mark and decided they should sneak into the Grant’s house ( a very rich family but was killed during a party ) to find Luke. While they tried to sneak in the population police found Mark trying to sneak while Trey got outside just in time. Later, Trey decided to join up for the population police in order to save Mark from execution. Then, Trey found a way, and a population guard wanted him
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