The conflicts in the stories, “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto and “The Melting Pot” by Anna Quindell impacts these stories greatly. There are two kinds of a conflict, the internal where the story mostly takes place in the character’s mind and the external where the story is mostly focusing on the world on the outside, not the inside. “Seventh Grade” is a perfect example of an internal conflict where Victor is starting seventh grade and is trying to impress a girl named Teresa. “The Melting Point” focuses on New York city and the people who live there. These stories are perfect examples of internal and external conflicts. In the story “Seventh Grade” Victor is trying to find himself but seems lost in the world of love. As he searches for himself and we travel with …show more content…
When us readers read the story is internal so we know what the character’s true intensions are for everything. Internal stories because you really feel connected to the characters and you might be like “NO DON’T GO INTO THAT DARK DOORWAY!” but they always go in there anyway. After you read a book if you could see them in real life you’d know what you’d do, punch them, hug them, ask for their autograph, etc. I enjoy the feeling as Percy Jackson travels into the underground fortress of the giants and Harry Potter goes in the mess hall. It feels like your there with them, and your world fades out as a new perspective comes running in. In a way, a feel like a spirit tied to a balloon when I read internal stories. Following the character in my story, waiting for something to happen. Sometimes you can cut the rope and let your imagination fly. I do that a lot in stories when something happened and I wished it could end up another way. In most stories that have to do with an animal you get attached to them. And in others there are pets and I personally care