Cowboys Don't Cry.

The teenage years can be a difficult and challenging time for many adolescents. In the novel Cowboys Don't Cry, the main character Shane faces many conflicts and problems that he overcomes. Shane deals with many conflicts such as character versus character, character versus nature and also character versus self. Through examining these conflicts the reader can see how the main character matures to become a better person and to grow up and develop himself, his ideas and thoughts, his feelings and how to control himself as well his emotions and feelings.

First of all, Shane faced many character versus character conflicts in the novel.
The first conflict he has is with his Dad after the death of his mom. As a result his Dad started losing himself, he became an alcoholic and also they started losing their communication. This apparent in this quotation when Josh said to Shane "I should've know better than to trust you with her horse'(Cowboys Don't Cry p.49).
Shane started be confused about his feelings to his Dad. On the other hand Josh started losing the communication to his son because he was afraid of Shane feelings. In addition Shane had another character versus character conflict with Bart. They started with wrong foot, they fight, however at the end they have something in common in their families problems , they finally solve their problems and differences by saying things directly and clearly and to each other when they don't have a fight and they share the trophy.

Secondly, Shane has many conflicts versus nature living on a ranch and dealing with animals. The main conflict he has is with Angel, when Angel got cut in it's leg because it get trapped in a barbed wire. As a result Shane has to face the fear of losing Angel and the trust of his Dad as you can noticed when Shane Dad said to him " I should've know better than to trust you with her horse", Shane have to take the consequently so his Dad is mad at him and Shane have to live with that, even though that happened jeff was there for Shane to not be so worried about it.

Thirdly, Shane has many conflict with himself.
the conflicts he has are about expressing his feelings when his mom die , he couldn't express his emotions because his Dad wasen't there for him and because "Cowboys Don't Cry"( Cowboys Don't Cry p.3). Also he knew that he still loving his Dad , like he said in the novel "I knew I still loved the guy who use to be my Dad"(p.6), however he hated the guy his Dad become , in addition he had problems with himself , when casey said to him that he expect a lot from people , that make shane to think if that is true or not, if he was expecting a lot from his Dad.
Futhermore Shane realized that he was blamed his father for his mom's death.(Cowboys Don't Cry p.105, 106)"you don't care about me . you don't care about yourself. The only person you ever really care about was mom and you k..")Finally that night Shane wasen't angry anymore.

In conclusion Shane is able to find himself to figure and to be able to control and show his feelings and emotions, to not expect a lot for people , as well to not run away from his problems. Alsohe is able to find his feelings and to clear his mind and forget the past and live the present, he finally learned that he never stop loving his Dad. As a result he finally knows his feelings and knows that things are going to be better