Conflict in stories

In some stories, characters come into conflict with the culture in which they live. Often, a character feels alienated in his/her community or society due to race, gender, class, ethnicity, or other quality. Choose a story that shows this kind of conflict. How is the character alienated from their community and how does she/he respond to it? What does that character’s alienation say about the surrounding society’s assumptions, morality and values? In what way(s) do literary elements reflect how that society defines race, gender, class and/ or ethnicity, etc.? How does this create conflict for the character?