Ponyboy’s Turmoil
All creatures have conflict, in the novel The OutSiders there is a great amount of conflict. The novel by S.E. Hilton follows a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy and a friend named Johnny are part of a gang named otherwise known as “greasers”; the two get involved in a murder and must run away. In the process of eluding capture the boys become heros despite there ruff and tuff appearance. However, one does not live to bask in the glory. Ponyboy experiences turmoil and conflict of varied severities: friends, family, and enemies will be his largest problems.
Even between closest of people there is conflict. The boys are sitting on a floor of an old church; they have just cut there hair. Ponyboy doesn’t seem to …show more content…
Darry yells at soda before hitting Ponyboy, this is strange because Darry is not commonly physical in this manner. “”You keep your trap shut…” . When Darry yells at Pony it is clear he is frustrated, this frustration leads to conflict between them. Even though it isn’t very often in the book the boy still fight even though they are family; conflict is unavoidable even for the closest of people.
Even though it is obvious, enemies will have conflict as well. The Soc’s corner Ponyboy and threaten to cut his hair; Although this doesn’t seem all that bad, in the greaser community hair is somewhat of a social status. “”Need a haircut, greaser?”. The Soc’s are “cheap” and will only attack on person at a time. No matter how hard you try to avoid it, there will always be someone generating conflict.
Conflict is common to have to deal with no matter what time era it is: past, present, and future. Every aspect of life has conflict, all conflict can be dealt with as shown in the book. There are hundreds of versions of conflict, some of these happening simultaneously. Ponyboy experiences conflict throughout the entirety of the book. He handless the stress quite well until he finally snaps at the
All creatures have conflict, in the novel The OutSiders there is a great amount of conflict. The novel by S.E. Hilton follows a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy. Ponyboy and a friend named Johnny are part of a gang named otherwise known as “greasers”; the two get involved in a murder and must run away. In the process of eluding capture the boys become heros despite there ruff and tuff appearance. However, one does not live to bask in the glory. Ponyboy experiences turmoil and conflict of varied severities: friends, family, and enemies will be his largest problems.
Even between closest of people there is conflict. The boys are sitting on a floor of an old church; they have just cut there hair. Ponyboy doesn’t seem to …show more content…
Darry yells at soda before hitting Ponyboy, this is strange because Darry is not commonly physical in this manner. “”You keep your trap shut…” . When Darry yells at Pony it is clear he is frustrated, this frustration leads to conflict between them. Even though it isn’t very often in the book the boy still fight even though they are family; conflict is unavoidable even for the closest of people.
Even though it is obvious, enemies will have conflict as well. The Soc’s corner Ponyboy and threaten to cut his hair; Although this doesn’t seem all that bad, in the greaser community hair is somewhat of a social status. “”Need a haircut, greaser?”. The Soc’s are “cheap” and will only attack on person at a time. No matter how hard you try to avoid it, there will always be someone generating conflict.
Conflict is common to have to deal with no matter what time era it is: past, present, and future. Every aspect of life has conflict, all conflict can be dealt with as shown in the book. There are hundreds of versions of conflict, some of these happening simultaneously. Ponyboy experiences conflict throughout the entirety of the book. He handless the stress quite well until he finally snaps at the