Read this paragraph. Claire marveled at her little brother’s flawless dive. It looked effortless now, but she knew he had spent weeks perfecting the arch of his body and the point of his toes. She wanted to have a dive like that—the type people stop and watch. Still, she could not bring herself to attempt it. After all, her brother’s first twenty or so dives had been awful, with knees and elbows flailing. Claire shuddered to imagine looking like that in clear view of the entire pool population. And the whole head-first concept seemed intimidating. She wondered if her hands would reach the bottom of the pool. Maybe some day. But for now, she decided she would just watch. What is the conflict in the excerpt? character versus self character versus character character versus society character versus nature
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Focusing on its churning the sea is compared ot a boiling pot.
These lines are taken from one of the two ancient Greek poems named "odyssey".
The poem's prime focus is on the Greek hero Odysseus (the king of Ithaca) and his journey back home after the fall of troy.
After a ten year trojan war Odysseus could reach his country Ithaca.
The conflict in the excerpt is Character versus Self.
In this passage, Claire is struggling against her own fears. She sees how beautiful and elegant her brother’s dive is and yearns to dive like that. But, she is afraid to attempt it because she knew the amount of practice it took for her brother to perfect it and how awkward his initial dives were.
She is shuddered imagining how awkward she might look in front of the whole crowd, And she also couldn’t help but get intimidated by the whole head first concept involved. Thus, Claire clearly has a conflict between her imagination(character that she visualises her to be) and her own self.