The conflict in “The Jacket” supports the overarching theme not be so materialistic. In fact the boy with the jacket balmes all of his troubles on the jacket that his mother gives him. For an example he says,” My clothes have failed me.” It's really not the jackets fault about how he feels, but his own. He blames all of his bad luck and misfortune on the jacket. Another example of conflict is when he blames his mom for buy a cheap and ugly jacket. Their poverty is not his mother's fault or buying an ugly jacket; she could only afford that specific one. In the jacket, the boy with the jacket says, “I blame my mother for the bad taste and her cheap ways.” . The boy is being so bitter and his mom works so hard at her job to even buy a jacket.