Asked by bill

Read this excerpt from “The Medicine Bag.”

“Then a terrible thing happened to Iron Shell. He and several other young men were taken from their homes by the soldiers and sent far away to a white man’s boarding school. He was angry and lonesome for his parents and the young girl he had wed before he was taken away.”

What type of conflict do the details in this excerpt most reveal?

character vs. society
character vs. nature
character vs. character
character vs. self

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character vs. society

Explanation: Iron Shell is forced by soldiers into a white man's boarding school and separated from his family and culture, showing conflict between him and societal/authority forces.