Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Toads- internal conflict

In the poem "Toads" by Phillip Larkin, an internal conflict is discussed. We can infer that the second toad discussed in the novel is an internal conflict because of the way it is worded in the sentence. "For something sufficiently toad-like squats in me" (Larkin, 25-26). We can infer that it is an internal conflict  because its says that it "squats in me". We know from the text that whatever this internal conflict is that it is keeping him from getting what he truly desires. "And will never allow me to blarney my way to getting the fame and the girl and the money" (Larkin, 29-31). Now that we know that it is an internal conflict, we have to try and figure out what the internal conflict is. I believe that the internal conflict could be his desire to overcome his shyness. The text led me to believe this because it talks about how he cannot blarney. Because he is shy, we can believe that it is keeping him from being able to "brown nose" his way into the fame and the money that he truly desires.

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