Question

Which sentence in this excerpt from Robert Cormier’s "The Moustache" reveals a character’s internal conflict?

Frankly, I wasn’t too crazy about visiting a nursing home. They reminded me of hospitals, and hospitals turn me off.I mean, the smell of ether makes me nauseous, and I feel faint at the sight of blood. And as I approached Lawnrest—which is a terrible, cemetery kind of name, to begin with—I was sorry I hadn’t avoided the trip. Then I felt guilty about it. I’m loaded with guilt complexes. Like driving like a madman after promising my father to be careful. Like sitting in the parking lot, looking at the nursing home with dread and thinking how I’d rather be with Cindy.Then I thought of all the Christmas and birthday gifts my grandmother had given me and I got out of the car, guilty as usual.

Answer 1

i wasn't too crazy about visiting a nursing home

Answer 2

I’m loaded with guilt complexes.

Step-by-step explanation:

In literature, an internal conflict refers to a struggle that a character has with his/her ownself, in other words, they are usually emotional struggles/conflicts that they have within themselves.

In this paragraph, we have the sentence "I'm loaded with guilt complexes". We can see that the character here feels guilt about many things usually because he acts in different ways than how he promised or how he'd rather be with Cindy instead of visiting the nursing home. Thus, this sentence is an example of an internal conflict.