Often times in life you find yourself settled with a lot of problems that will determine the change of you for the best or for the worst. Ponyboy, the protagonist in ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton, struggles with himself by the death of Bob, this event of conflict changes Ponyboy in a way to where he probably will not ever be the same. This change can be considered good and bad, and there is what could be called a ‘tree of conflict’, as just like a family tree, there is a large connection of changes throughout the story on which Ponyboy will in parts, change for the worst, and in other parts, change for his own good by solving the problems of conflict that him and his friends unintentionally fall into.
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In the book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton, this is represented by the Ponyboy against Soc relationship. Ponyboy struggles with the Socs all throughout the book, and he is twisted between turning to a Greaser instead of a ‘normal person’ with a job, and so that Ponyboy can live out all the opportunities that Darry missed. I think that Ponyboy was twisted between sides of Greaser and an everyday person. Ponyboy realizes halfway throughout the book that a Greaser is not for him, and that he’s against the Socs in the first place, so he should be in another place altogether. I think the Greaser against Soc relationship helped Ponyboy from getting through tough times, like getting revenge on the Socs who call them names in the big ‘rumble’ when Johnny was in the hospital. Thinking of Ponyboy being twisted between two sides, Ponyboy gets two pieces of advice from Dally and Johnny, as Dally’s is to be a good greaser, as Johnny’s is to become a ‘normal person’, and live out the opportunities that Darry has missed. Luckily by the end of the book, Ponyboy chooses to follow Johnny’s advice, making his group end the rivalry by the deaths of Dally and Johnny. The Socs end it too, and now Ponyboy wants to travel to the towns with the same problem that they had with the Greasers against Soc relationship, only Ponyboy was lucky to have a wakeup call with the deaths of
Sometimes you don’t know what you will …show more content…
In the book ‘The Outsiders’ by S.E Hinton, this is represented by the Ponyboy against Soc relationship. Ponyboy struggles with the Socs all throughout the book, and he is twisted between turning to a Greaser instead of a ‘normal person’ with a job, and so that Ponyboy can live out all the opportunities that Darry missed. I think that Ponyboy was twisted between sides of Greaser and an everyday person. Ponyboy realizes halfway throughout the book that a Greaser is not for him, and that he’s against the Socs in the first place, so he should be in another place altogether. I think the Greaser against Soc relationship helped Ponyboy from getting through tough times, like getting revenge on the Socs who call them names in the big ‘rumble’ when Johnny was in the hospital. Thinking of Ponyboy being twisted between two sides, Ponyboy gets two pieces of advice from Dally and Johnny, as Dally’s is to be a good greaser, as Johnny’s is to become a ‘normal person’, and live out the opportunities that Darry has missed. Luckily by the end of the book, Ponyboy chooses to follow Johnny’s advice, making his group end the rivalry by the deaths of Dally and Johnny. The Socs end it too, and now Ponyboy wants to travel to the towns with the same problem that they had with the Greasers against Soc relationship, only Ponyboy was lucky to have a wakeup call with the deaths of