One day after we left a shop i said under my breath, “i wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody i’m your daughter.” my mother stopped walking. crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.
“aiii-ya. so shame be with mother? ” she grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.
i looked down. “it’s not that, it’s just so obvious. it’s just so embarrassing.”
“embarrass you be my daughter? ” her voice was cracking with anger.
“that’s not what i meant. that’s not what i said.”
“what you say? ”
i knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but i heard my voice speaking, “why do you have to use me to show off? if you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess? ”
my mother’s eyes turned into dangerous black slits. she had no words for me, just sharp silence.
what is the primary conflict occurring in this excerpt?
internal: lindo vs. meimei
external: meimei vs. meimei
internal: meimei vs. meimei
external: lindo vs. meimei

external: Lindo vs. Meimei.

Explanation: in a written work, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually it is between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict) or society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt we can see a discussion between Lindo and Meimei, this is an example of external conflict, because it is between two characters.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

explanation:

“there are three different methods of direction observation with intervention: parrticipant observation structured observation and field experiments . “ hope this