Question

“Then I wish I wasn't your daughter. I wish you weren't my mother,” I shouted. As I said these things I got scared. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.

“Too late change this,” said my mother shrilly.

–“Two Kinds,”
Amy Tan

Which details suggest that the narrator is struggling with an internal conflict? Check all that apply.

“I shouted.”
“As I said these things I got scared.”
“It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest.”
“This awful side of me had surfaced, at last.”
“Too late change this.”

Answer 1

Select:
- “As I said these things I got scared.”
- “It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest.”
- “This awful side of me had surfaced, at last.”

Why: these lines describe the narrator’s inner feelings, physical sensations, and recognition of an inner “side” — all signs of internal conflict. “I shouted” is an external action and “Too late change this” is the mother speaking, so neither directly shows the narrator’s inner struggle.