Brownies Short Story

This type of conflict is shown in the story Brownies, where the protagonist Laurel is conflicted on whether or not to stay reserved to herself or to speak up. When the troop corners the white girls, Laurel is not sure if she should share her ideas with her troop or to stand up for the white girls. “If I spoke even a word, I could count on someone calling me Snot.” Person vs. Self conflict is also conveyed in the story Our Lady of Peace. A new teacher named Lynnea is confused by the students that she teaches. They do not listen to her and are constantly misbehaving. Lynnea doesn't know if it is how she teaches that is causing these problems, so she tries different methods to try and calm her class. A transfer student joins the class and is motivated to learn.
She alarms counselors by saying that if she could be anything, she would be a revolver. During her first year at this new school, Dina is still not sure about herself, however she talks to Heidi as she sees her as a fellow social outcast. Slowly, Dina reveals her gradual and skeptical realization of self and her tendency to want to be alone. At the end of the story, Dina imagines Heidi visiting her and saying, “Open up.” which is precisely what she can not do. She is afraid of revealing herself and feeling vulnerable. Another example of person vs self conflict is in the story Geese. In this story, Dina is rethinking her decision of moving to Japan. “... she had done the wrong thing.” Dina originally went to Japan just for “pleasure” and to get away from home. However, Dina becomes stuck in Japan with no job, and she must find a way to make some money. Dina is conflicted about doing the right thing instead of stealing like her roommates. Eventually, she was forced to sell her body to a businessman in order to survive. Later, she thinks about how this whole situation could have been avoided if she had done something