he conflict in this story is man vs. man. Ponyboy was born a greaser, he did not choose to be a greaser. He had no control of this but the Socs did not care. They were still going to beat him up no matter what he will say or do. They do not care that he dreams of not being a greaser, but even being a Soc. They just see someone that is smaller and younger that they could easily beat up. Ponyboy and his friend Johnny were just trying to defend themselves and someone got killed. It was not their fault that the girls of two Socs decided to go out on a date with them. They did not want to die, so they did what they had to do to defeat the man that was always trying to bring them down. The conflict is resolved when Ponyboy and Johnny save kids from the burning church and face society again. When they finally realize that they are heroes they go home and Ponyboy finds out that he was not in trouble. They said he did nothing wrong, he was just trying to defend himself. When he hears this he goes back to school and writes a book about what happened. Coincidentally the book starts out the same way the novel starts out. In conclusion, Ponyboy was just a good kid that did not want to get in any trouble or start any fights. He just wanted to live his life. So he wanted to go out with pretty Soc girls, not tough greaser girls, big deal. He was even told by the girls that even though he was a greaser he was still a nice guy, and that there are not to many nice guys around. ...
