Question

Hungry for an answer, I opened the letter. My fingers were shaking.
“What's it say?!” My mom asked excitedly, peering over my shoulder.
I waved her away impatiently. As I opened the letter, my world changed. I struggled to fight back my tears.
This was it: I had the answer I was looking for. Now, I had no idea what I would do.

Is this an example of an internal or external conflict?

Group of answer choices

internal

external

Answer 1

This is an example of internal conflict.

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

• Internal conflict is a clash between your desires.
• According to the given paragraph, the person is hungry for the answer.  
• This means he/she is desirous and looking for the answer that can satisfy his/her hunger.
• simply it means that you have a desire to know about something but there also exists a clash.
• Her fingers were shaking means she was scared of the undesired or unexpected answer but still, she wanted to get an answer.