Question

During the first year of imprisonment, the lawyer, as far as it was possible to judge from his short notes, suffered terribly from loneliness and boredom. From his wing day and night came the sound of the piano. He rejected wine and tobacco. “Wine,” he wrote, “excites desires, and desires are the chief foes of a prisoner; besides, nothing is more boring than to drink good wine alone,” and tobacco spoils the air in his room.



Which type of conflict occurs in the excerpt above?

ironic
external
rowdy
internal

Answer 1

Answer:

internal

Explanation:

In this excerpt, the type of conflict being demonstrated would be an internal conflict. The lawyer is feeling lonely, bored, and ultimately depressed. All of this is happening internally in his head. Due to his sadness, he decides to reject wine and tobacco and creates excuses as to why he decided this. All of which is a conflict with himself and no-other physical individual, therefore, making it an internal struggle/conflict.