Every story has a conflict. Some stories the conflict could be internal which means they take place in the character’s mind. In “7th grade”, The conflict would be Internal because Victor wants to impress Teresa. Other stories could have an External conflict, which basically means that it happens amongst a few groups of people. In the “Melting Pot”, the conflict would be external because everyone who lives in the narrator’s neighborhood hated each other.
In “7th grade”, the conflict is that Victor wants to impress Teresa. Victor tries to speak French or at least think of something that sounds like French. He does this because he wants to impress Teresa. In the story Victor says “Frenchie oh wewe gee in September”.