Not healthy for a friendship or relationship. The other might resort to racial slander in some way. One is healthy, the other is wrong. Both can destroy a relationship. What are "they"? “They” are anger and prejudice, and relationships will never work with them. In the novel Ironman by Chris Crutcher, anger and prejudice are the most prominent topics talked about and have been shown to be detrimental to healthy relationships. Prejudice and anger are key conflicts in the Ironman book. These conflicts are internal and external. Some external conflicts concern Bo and his father. Another external conflict is Bo and Ian Wyrack. An internal conflict is Bo's anger and prejudice. Bo's anger is prominent early in the book. “Your wife calls you an asshole” (page 10). That quote shows his anger towards Mr. Redmond and also represents Bo's attitude a bit. A good example of Bo's bias is when he was talking to Larry King in his diary. He said "Mr. Nak and his murderous thugs" (page 24). Bo later becomes friends with the anger management group. Bo was partial. One of the external conflicts in this story is Bo and his relationship with his father. The relationship between Bo and his father gets off to a bad start when Bo slams the door as a child. “The tenth time I opened the door as wide as a crocodile's mouth and slammed it shut as hard as I could” (p. 28). When Bo grew up and graduated from high school, he wanted to seek help for him and his father. Bo's father acted cruelly to Bo when he left him in his room during Christmas because of what Bo did with the door. The other external conflict was Bo's relationship with Wyrack. Ian Wyrack is angry at Bo because Bo was beating him in swim practice. This irritated Ian so much that he actually physically harmed Bo. “Look at this hand” She slaps him “this hand better touch that wall before yours does.” (page 57). Ian Wyrack has some issues to deal with. Bo definitely needs to stay away from Ian before the race. The general conflict of anger and prejudice leads to the breakdown of relationships. The conflict exemplifies how anger and prejudice are harmful to a relationship. The relationships shown were first and third person. Chris Crutcher used first person point of view so the reader could get an in-depth look at the anger and prejudice in the relationship.