The flashback happened 20 years after the actual event.
The narrator was a man. He used the first person point of view. His flashback was prompted by a question about a red chalk drawing that was displayed in his study. He recalled the time when he was on a ship and met a woman he fell in love with.
She was married and a mother. Thus, they union cannot be. She was also very ill because of her heart condition. Her name was Alexandra Ebbling and she was the woman on the red chalk drawing and he drew her.
B. how many o's are in Colorado (or sometimes people do "O"s)
and the answer to that question is three o's
Man vs. Man Conflict-- Much of the conflict in the novel revolves around the two gangs, the Greasers vs. the Socs, the rich kids on the other side of town.
Man vs. Self Conflict-- Ponyboy copes with grief and guilt after the deaths of Dally and Johnny.
Man vs. Nature-- Johnny and Pony rush into the fiery church to save the children who are trapped inside, and Johnny is seriously injured from a falling beam.
Man vs. Society--With their long, oily hair, the Greasers, a gang of teenagers living on the poor eastside, struggle to fit into society. For example, Ponyboy genuinely likes Cherry, but their blossoming relationship is strained by the difference in their social circles.
