Conflicts-Personal Narrative
One thing I enjoyed about the story would be the multiple conflicts introduced in the story. One conflict I found interesting would be when Alison was getting kidnapped and Kyle was having problems on what he should do: “Oh god. He should’ve never stepped outside. Once they were gone he’d just go back inside, pretend he’d never stepped out, make the model-railroad town, still be making it when Mom and Dad got home. When eventually someone told him about it? He’d make a certain face... They’d be gone soon. Then he could go inside. Call 911. Although then everyone would know he’d done nothing.” [21] I found this conflict intriguing because it shows how repressed Kyle is and how everything in his life had been planned out or done for him. However,
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once he is confronted by a situation like this instead of trying to fix the situation he freezes up and tries to think of ways to ignore or get out of the situation. An example of Kyle trying to get out of a situation would be in the quote when it says “Once they were gone he’d just go back inside, pretend he’d never stepped out, make the model-railroad town, still be making it when Mom and Dad got home” this quote shows that he is thinking of a way to ignore the situation instead of trying to help solve it.
Another conflict I found appealing would be when Kyle most likely kills the meter reader: “His hands weren’t clenched. He was holding the rock, shouting something down at the guy, who was on his knees… Kyle, don’t, she whispered.” [26] This conflict appealed to me because it explains how crazy and insane Kyle is, that he would actually kill someone. In the story it also states, “You still moving, freak? Got a plan, stroke-dick? Want a skull gash on top of your existing skull gash, big man? You think I won’t? You think I- Easy, Scout, you’re out of control. Slow your motor down, Beloved Only. Quiet. I’m the boss of me.” [23] and this quote explains that Kyle has a hard time controlling himself and that his anger completely blinds and blocks out his consciousness. These two conflicts were amusing to me because they both describe to us how insane Kyle is and explains to us how Kyle thinks and how he is
feeling.
once he is confronted by a situation like this instead of trying to fix the situation he freezes up and tries to think of ways to ignore or get out of the situation. An example of Kyle trying to get out of a situation would be in the quote when it says “Once they were gone he’d just go back inside, pretend he’d never stepped out, make the model-railroad town, still be making it when Mom and Dad got home” this quote shows that he is thinking of a way to ignore the situation instead of trying to help solve it.
Another conflict I found appealing would be when Kyle most likely kills the meter reader: “His hands weren’t clenched. He was holding the rock, shouting something down at the guy, who was on his knees… Kyle, don’t, she whispered.” [26] This conflict appealed to me because it explains how crazy and insane Kyle is, that he would actually kill someone. In the story it also states, “You still moving, freak? Got a plan, stroke-dick? Want a skull gash on top of your existing skull gash, big man? You think I won’t? You think I- Easy, Scout, you’re out of control. Slow your motor down, Beloved Only. Quiet. I’m the boss of me.” [23] and this quote explains that Kyle has a hard time controlling himself and that his anger completely blinds and blocks out his consciousness. These two conflicts were amusing to me because they both describe to us how insane Kyle is and explains to us how Kyle thinks and how he is
feeling.