Examples Of Conflict In The Outsiders

Have you ever felt like an outsider? By being bullied If so you can relate to the outsiders. The novel, The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton, is about two groups of people the Greasers and the Socials who are always fighting the main character Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers are Greases the Greasers are lower class unlike the Socials but they have a strong connection like family witch is good because Ponyboy's parents died in a car accident So the Greasers are like Ponyboys only family besides his brothers The main idea, or theme, of the novel is That you need to stay innocent and stay out of trouble and to stay only true to yourself and to yourself only . In literature, there are five main types of conflict, or problems : Man vs Man Man Vs Self

His is an example of a Man vs. Self conflict because he cant fit in with the gang he can not commit crimes like they can because he wants to be able to stay with his brothers this is a struggle for him externally and internally. Another conflict in the novel, The Outsiders, happens When soda drops out For example, in Chapter 1, Soda says “Cause im dumb the only things i was passing any ways was auto mechanics and gym(Hinton 17)” This textual evidence shows That soda does not think he is good enough to be in school or have the ability to stay This is also an example of a Man vs. Self conflict because Soda does not think he is smart enough to stay in school so he drops out and gets a job to help Darry pay the bills. Not only do characters in The Outsiders struggle with conflicts within themselves, they also with conflicts with other people

This textual evidence shows That they were mad about the car tires so he ended up fighting him over it. This is an example of a Man vs. Man conflict because Dally had slashed Tim Shepherd's tires and Tim wanted to fight him because they don't usually don’t do stuff to cost the other money. Another conflict in the novel, The Outsiders, happens when Darry slaps Ponyboy For example, in Chapter 3, Darry yells at ponyboy for coming home late “Ponyboy yells don’t yell at him Darry wheeled around and slapped me hard(Hinton 50)” This textual evidence shows That Dally was mad and worried about Ponyboy coming home late and slapped him. This is an example of a Man vs. Man conflict because Ponyboy got slapped by Darry for being home