Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else”
Question 1 • TRECA Applied English 9-221
Which piece of text evidence best reveals internal conflict?“I would have to shave his beard just like any other”“Seeing to it that the blade did not slip in the small whorls” “Taking care that the skin was left clean, soft, shining”“I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”
Answer
A
“I would have to shave his beard just like any other”
B
“Seeing to it that the blade did not slip in the small whorls”
C
“Taking care that the skin was left clean, soft, shining”
D
“I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”
Explanation
Internal conflict occurs when a character struggles with opposing feelings, beliefs, or loyalties. The speaker says he is both “a revolutionary” and “a conscientious barber,” suggesting tension between his political beliefs and his duty to his customer. The other choices describe the practical details of shaving rather than the speaker’s inner struggle.
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