Question

Which conflicts are revealed in the passage? Select two options. an internal conflict within the narrator, who is frightened by the extremity of her anger at her mother an external conflict between the narrator, who is demanding independence, and her mother, who is demanding obedience an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether or not the narrator will continue to live at home an internal conflict within the narrator’s mother, who cannot decide whether to throw her daughter out of the family home an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to be the kind of daughter her mother wants, and her mother, who thinks that’s impossible

"You want me to be something that I’m not!” I sobbed. "I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!”

"Only two kinds of daughters,” she shouted in Chinese. "Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!”

"Then I wish I weren’t your daughter. I wish you weren’t my mother,” I shouted. As I said these things I got scared. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.

"Too late change this,” said my mother shrilly.

And I could sense her anger rising to its breaking point. I wanted see it spill over. And that’s when I remembered the babies she had lost in China, the ones we never talked about. "Then I wish I’d never been born!” I shouted. "I wish I were dead! Like them.”

Answer 1

The passage illustrates an internal conflict within the narrator due to her anger and fear, and an external conflict with her mother over the demand for obedience and independence.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage reveals two prominent types of conflicts: an internal conflict within the narrator and an external conflict between the narrator and her mother. The internal conflict is evident when the narrator feels scared about the intensity of her own anger towards her mother as she expresses a desire contrary to her mother's expectations. This fear and anger represent her internal struggle between her true feelings and the facade she feels pressured to maintain. The external conflict arises when the narrator demands independence and the mother demands obedience, which clash over the issue of living at home and the expectations the mother has for her daughter. The mother's insistence on having only an "obedient daughter" at home sparks a confrontation that highlights their conflicting views on the narrator's autonomy.