Question

How is this passage an example of an internal conflict?
Read the passage from "Two kinds."
And I started to play. It was so beautiful. I was so caught
up in how lovely I looked that at first I didn't worry how
would sound. So it was a surprise to me when I hit the first
wrong note and I realized something didn't sound quite
right. And then I hit another and another followed that. A
chill started at the top of my head and began to trickle
down. Yet I couldn't stop playing, as though my hands
were bewitched. I kept thinking my fingers would adjust
themselves back, like a train switching to the right track. I
played this strange jumble through two repeats, the sour
notes staying with me all the way to the end.
It describes the narrator's inability to stop playing when
she wants to do so.
It describes the narrator's unexpected enjoyment of
performing in front of an audience.
It describes the narrator's thoughts and feelings as she
struggles through a poor performance.
It describes the results of the narrator's refusal to
practice diligently and learn to play the piano correctly.

Answer 1

Answer:

C.  It describes the narrator's thoughts and feelings as she struggles through a poor performance.

Answer 2

Answer:

It describes the narrator's unexpected enjoyment of performing in front of an audience.

Explanation:

In this passage, we learn that the speaker is performing in front of an audience. This is something that she repeatedly refused to do throughout the story. However, as she begins, even though she is not good at it, she finds that she enjoys it. This is an example of internal conflict because two opposite forces are in conflict within the speaker.