Question 5 • Common Core ELA 7 A-IC
The excerpt describes a struggle within the character: the lesson goes against what is strong and dominant in his own nature, even as he gradually learns to like it. Because the conflict is between his feelings or instincts and what he is learning, it is character vs. self. This is not a conflict with another character, society, or the natural environment.
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