In this book, the main character had to go through a lot of internal and external conflicts throughout the book. Some of the internal conflicts the main character, Alex, had to face include keeping his mental strength that allowed him and his two sisters to stay alive. Some external conflicts include how Alex had to deal with his two sisters and make them do what he says since he was the next in charge of the family after their parents are gone and his older brother, Carlos, in the marines. I personally dont like the ending of the book. Why does Alex sister, Brianna, have to die? My favorite character in this book is Kevin. Even though Kevin died at a part in this book, he was a thoughtful person for Alex. Kevin always gave Alex food that he didnt need and helped him get one more bag of food at the food line every morning. After reading this book, I learned that making more friends will make a lot of difference once you are stuck in a difficult situation. I will recommend this book to any people that are interested in catastrophic situation.…
There can be many struggles with your group of friends and someone else’s group of friends. This is that case in the book,”The Outsiders”. This is constantly shown between two groups of people with different sets of struggles. For the Socs or the, “West side Rich Kids.” And the Greasers or the,”Low Life Hoods”. But they both deal with similar struggles. Some of which are they both have questionable choices in entertainment, they make bad health choices, and they are both aggressive towards each other.…
One of the main internal conflicts is the fact that they are trying to be rescued.…
As the story continues on into the actual recollection, they morals of the characters become clear, it demonstrates how they just want to cause trouble in any way that they can just to fill the part as “bad”. It seems that they have almost developed how they act based on movies, they listened to rock and roll, smoked, did drugs, drank, and hung out with girls at the place where all “the cool kids were”, Greasy Lake. but it quickly becomes clear that they are just not a fit for the role.…
Edgar, Drew, Steve, and Heather manage to work out their differences and remain friends in college. Edgar continues the straight and narrow path, thanks to Ari, however, Drew, Steve and Heather continue with their cheating ways, which seem to work out very well for them as after graduation they all land excellent jobs, meanwhile Edgar works in the toll…
The characters are faced with situations that impact on themselves and the people around them socially, physically and mentally.…
What moral issues are exposed as the story unfolds and which ones does each character represent.…
2. The children think, act, and disobey together. They do everything as a group so their characteristics are very similar. Both are spoiled, disobedient, and impulsive. They are so used to having whatever they want that when their parents threatened to turn off the machines, they killed them. They shift their loyalties to whoever gives them what they want and possesses no thoughts for other’s feelings. They are extremely disobedient and listens to no one. Even when George pleaded that they, “Open the door!” they stubbornly allow the lions to do their jobs. They are impulsive and acts on the moment with no long-term planning. They never thought about whether the machines would break someday or whether Mr. McClean would turn it off. This would leave them with no ways to feed themselves. They never thought about how maybe someday…
The pact is a nonfiction story about three teenagers that hailed from the poverty stricken parts of the United States to become doctors. The three had many challenges while growing up as their neighbourhood was full of drug addicts and they lacked role models within their society. The fact that they were black meant that they had to work extra hard for them to make it in life. This is because there were many distractors that acted as setbacks for their success. However, despite all the challenges, the three teenagers made a pact one day while at school to become doctors and help the poor members of their community.…
Throughout the book A Separate Peace the main characters, Gene and Finny, give the audience an example of unhealthy peer competition, the competition between the two led them to jealousy, a damaged relationship, and ultimately death. Gene was striving to be at the top of his class when he lost sight of what was important, his bond with Finny and his other friend. Competition can manipulate a person’s mind into thinking that life is all about winners and losers and that was what happened to Gene, he thought that Finny was trying to sabotage Gene’s grades. Peer competition is unhealthy because it leads to injuries, damaged relationships, and ultimately, death.…
As I read, Should Doctors Tell the Truth by Joseph Collins I began to agree with Collins argument. Collin’s argues that doctors must frequently withhold the truth from their patients, which is equivalent to lying to them and should cultivate lying as a fine art. At the same time, no doctor has the right to tell a patient point blank that they have a major disease like epilepsy, dementia praecox etc. only after observation for a long period. In this piece Collins has 4 premises. Collins premises are the four types of patients who ask for the truth.…
Individuals are often even as dangerous once they have a certain mindset, are racist and naïve against themselves as others act toward them. Individuals act in this manner out of worry of being “taken away.” They worry about it to the point that they overlook what is really happening and jump to conclusions. It is the reason that every one of these characters and their lives’ “crashed” into one another, and affected each other. If they were all understanding of themselves and everyone around them in the first place, they could have avoided the problems they had gotten…
In the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E.Hinton its about three brothers who live with each other Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy with no parents because their parents passed away in an auto wreck. The town they live in is divided in two sections. The greasers and the socs. The socs are rich kids who have no worries. While the greasers don't have a lot of money and have reasons to worry. The socs and greasers are always in arguments. One day the greasers and socs fight until both took it too far.…
In my essay, I will explain how much conflict has to do with the story. I will explain conflict in Freddie Drummonds’ point of view. I will also explain it in Freddie’s alter ego “Big Bill Totts” point of view. Finally how Big Bill overwhelmed Freddie and took control over Freddie.…
Its stresses how privileged groups hold more power and have more advantages. It expressed that the social conditions of each group causes a struggle for power. The students in room 203 all hate each other because their gangs are rivals. The gangs are constantly fighting for the most power, that is why many of them kill one another. In the class, constant fights would break out between the students and when Erin changed up the seating plan, the whole class was disgruntled about being integrated with one another. The racism displayed towards The Freedom Writers can also be explained with the conflict theory. The students of class 203 are subjected to discrimination as the white teachers and students are strongly against the integration program. Ava and the other students hate white people because they are privileged in the aspects of money, power, and opportunities. The class disliked Erin and Ben in the beginning because of their skin color. The students feel as if the white students and teachers have more power because white students get a better education, and the white teachers do not want to give the multiracial students books or resources, and are not allowed field trips. There is a constant struggle for power between the white teachers and the students of class 203, which is why they constantly act out. They want to be treated fairly. In addition, the conflict theory explains income inequality. The movie shows that people with more money are of a higher class and they have more power and opportunities. All of the students comes from poor backgrounds and are treated unfairly. They do not have the opportunity to attend university or start new, different lives. The students financial situations lead them to bad behavior and crime, such as selling drugs. They perform illegal activities to obtain money to be able to live and gain more power. Furthermore, domestic abuse is displayed in the…