Ponyboy is conflicted with who he is as a person. Internally, he feels gentle and he does not want to hurt anyone. He sees everyone fighting for a reason; fun, anger, pride or just to get that last punch. But what does Ponyboy fight for? He does not know, in fact he does not like to fight. He does not see a point in fighting and as a result, he doesn't know why he fights. He thinks fighting is dumb and he would rather be someone else who is kind, gentle, smart and polite unlike those hardcore greasers who don't know much vocabulary or who are uneducated. He feels like he is someone else however, he feels like he has to be a greaser on the outside. On the outside Ponyboy is seen as a young aspiring greaser following in the
