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Conflict In The Short Story X-15s By Jack Gastos

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In the short story X-15s by Jack Gastos. The protagonist is a fourteen years old boy who wanted to join gang. The protagonist has 3 character trait First he is mesirable for that reason in the story when he felt he couldn't be fixed and he only think that he need to be around with those guy who are messed up. He's mesirable he doesn't know what to do or where he will fit. the conflict is person vs person because he's fighting himself on where he should fit he's questioning himself are joining in a gang can help him because he was messed up. Second he is savage when the leader of the gang robby ask them to kill a pet so they could join the gang. The protagonist tried to kill his cat Simon by struggling him the water. He dindt care about

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