In The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter the main character is True Son, and he primarily struggles in a man versus society conflict, he is taken from his Indian family to join with his real family which he does not remember. When True Son was first taken from his Indian family and reunited with his real family he acted like an Indian, looked like an Indian and talked in the Indian language. His white family wanted him to change and act like a normal white man, look like a white man, and talk in English. True Son has lived with the Indian since he was four and was used to their ways of life. When his white family wanted him to change the way he acted, it was not very easy. True Son’s family wanted him to take a bath, he had to go and