Read this excerpt from The Land, Part 2. Now, I don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing I did. Maybe I was feeling guilty that because I was my daddy's son, I could ride Ghost Wind. Maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear I said what I said. I no longer was afraid of Mitchell.
What type of conflict is occurring in this excerpt?
A. character vs. nature
B. character vs. self
C. character vs. character
D. character vs. society
Answer:
B. character vs. self
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from The Land, Part 2, the narrator describes behaving in an irrational and rash manner to the extent that he felt "possessed" when doing what he did.
The type of conflict that is used in the excerpt recurringly is "character vs self" and this is because the narrator struggles with himself and the result of his actions.
