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External Conflicts In The Outsiders, By S. E. Hinton

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Internal conflicts are those that take place within the mind of a person, while external conflicts take place between a person or group and another entity of some kind. Internal conflicts often have to do with resolving a moral dilemma or making a decision. External conflicts often deal with obstacles that people face in completing accomplishments or in lengthier battles over situational outcomes. In S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders," one of the internal conflicts that the main character, Ponyboy, faces involves his relationship with his brother Darry. Their parents have died, leaving Darry in charge of keeping the family together. Darry gave up a football scholarship to college in order to stay at home and watch over his two younger brothers,
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In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton,Poneyboy made a choice that ultimately drove the plot. Poneyboy wanted to walk home alone, and got jumped by the Socs. “ No”, they had me down in a second, they also had my arms and my legs pinned down”,(Hinton 5). One of the Socs was sitting on my chest with his knees on my elbows, and if you don’t think that hurts, you’re crazy”, (Hinton 5). Poneyboy made this choice,because he didn’t want to wait for one of his friends or one of the gang members to drive him home, “ I could have called Darry and he would have come by on his way home and picked me up, or Two-bit Matthews-one of our gang members-would have come to get me in his car if I had asked him, but sometimes I just don’t use my head.

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