Whitney Quon's Strudel

Have you ever felt lonely and insecure, well in the story “Strudel” by Whitney Quon she tells us about the first time she was in a school band that went to europe to perform. A central theme of the story is you can overcome your fears with friends, by examining character development, plot, and conflict we will see Whitney overcome her fear of being made fun of.

In “Strudel” by Whitney Quon a internal conflict is introduced to the rising action. This is shown when whitney narrates “All I could think about was how much I wanted to go home. And I haven’t even left oregon” (2) it becomes evident that her conflict is central to the narrative’s plot. It also suggest a topic that the reader hopes to discover an answer to by the end. This example
suggests that unti Whitney gets the confidence and overcome her fear of being made fun of and having no friends on the trip