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Internal Conflict In The Outsiders

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When reading you experience a lot of emotions such as anger, sadness, and hapiness. Every book deserves a happy ending right ? In the novel “The Outsiders” by the author S.E Hilton, a group of boys who are known as “greaers” fight against the Socs, another rival gang. Dally, a boy who dropped out of school and does crimes, gets excalty what he wants. Dally exterhjnal conflict is with the socs, but his internal conflict is with himself and actions. Dally aint an easy person, he has anger issues and his problem with the socs is personal, he has more anger towards them then the other greaers. Dally clearly hates them with all his heart and feelsno regret in feeling that way towards them. Even though Dally could get into a good fight sometimes

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