The stories “Melting Pot” and “Seventh Grade” include two different types of conflicts. The short story “Melting pot” has a conflict that occurs outside the character’s mind. Therefore, “Melting Pot” has an external conflict. Meanwhile, the short story “Seventh Grade” has a conflict that occurs within the character’s mind. Therefore, “Seventh Grade” has an internal conflict. Both of these conflicts could have a winner, but do they? In the short story “Melting Pot” the conflict occurs between the families with diverse cultures. Meanwhile, Anna Quindlen was part of an immigrated family; she instantly observed that the people around her were very opinionated about the new families. Because she wanted to be closer friends with her neighbors, …show more content…
When Victor’s French teacher asked the students to raise their hands if they knew how to speak French, consequently, Victor raised his hand while trying to impress Teresa. Although, Victor had no idea how to speak French, he had convinced himself it was the only way he could gain Teresa’s approval. Notwithstanding his sudden urge to impress Teresa, he began to recite “French”; and his teacher immediately figured out he was trying to impress a girl. Because this situation seemed familiar to a distant experience of his, Mr. Bueller didn’t make an assertion; which makes Teresa think he really knows how to be fluent in French. Because Teresa believes Victor can sincerely voice French, she asks him to tutor her in French. There isn’t a winner of this conflict because even though Victor’s propaganda worked out he still must figure out how to recite French rapidly which could cause another conflict. The stories “Melting Pot” and “Seventh Grade” have both an Internal and an external conflict. The short story “Melting Pot” has an external conflict between families inside and outside of their neighborhood. The conflict in “Melting Pot” only has a winner when the families are going through rough times. The short story “Seventh Grade” has an internal conflict between Victor and his mind. Because other conflicts could develop of victor’s misrepresentations, “Seventh
The main conflict of the story is one that affects everyone. Samuel Westing puts 16 heirs up to the task to find out who murdered him, but no one can solve this horrendous crime, this is the main conflict of the story. This type of conflict is person versus person, where it is each heir against the other. All of the heirs have the problem and the problem is not
In the story,” Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, Victor learns that his embarrassing moments lead to bad things. In paragraph number 18 and 19 it states that Teresa, the girl victor likes, smiles at him and says hi and victor says yeah that’s me back to her.This proves of how Victor got embarrassed because he should of said something different back like hi or hey.This is why he embarrassed himself in front of Teresa.In the paragraphs 36 through 60, Victor embarrasses himself by trying to speak french to empress Teresa but it sounds like he is speaking gibberish.This shows that he is embarrassing himself by acting like he can speak french, but only the teacher knows that isn’t real french. Victor now knows that he shouldn’t raise his hand and tries
One of the conflicts found in the story of Hana’s suitcase could be described as a character vs social world type of conflict. A character vs social world conflict occurs when the main character or other various characters from the story are prevented from or struggle to reach a goal due to social rule, custom, or policy from their world. In this case Hana, her brother George are prevented from having a normal childhood when Nazi Germany takes control of Czechoslovakia during World War II. During this time the Nazi’s made many rules and policies that kept Hana and George from doing what most other
In Thomas King's short story "Borders," a Blackfoot mother struggles with maintaining her cultural heritage under the pressure of two dominating nations. Storytelling is important, both for the mother and for the dominant White society. Stories are used to maintain and pass on cultural information and customs from one generation to another. Furthermore, stories can be used both positively and negatively. They can trap individuals into certain ways of thinking, but they can also act as catalysts that drive social change within society.
In the story, seventh grade, by Gary Soto tells the story of how one kid named Victor tries to win over the love from a girl named Teresa. He does multiple things to get her but the one that works the best was him faking knowing French. Even though Victor doesn’t know French she still believes him. So this is what starts this whole thing in seventh grade by Gary Soto. So here is Victor’s story.
concerns racial equality in America. The myth of the “Melting Pot” is a farce within American society, which hinders Americans from facing societal equality issues at hand. Only when America decides to face the truth, that society is not equal, and delve into the reasons why such equality is a dream instead of reality. Will society be able to tackle suc...
There are many diverse cultures in the world, and one’s culture consists of language, beliefs, values and behaviors that can either distinguish or connect themselves to other people of different cultures. In the film Spanglish, there are many conflicts or struggles between Flor and the Clasky family since they come from different cultures. However, sometimes there are some similar values between Flor and the Clasky family. In my opinion, the movie’s main goal was to show how Flor and the Clasky family handled the situations in their lives based on their beliefs, rules, and values. In the following paragraphs, I explain how ethnocentrism, individualism versus collectivism, and masculinity versus femininity caused problems, differences, or connections
A few conflicts that can be seen in books or stories are man versus man ,man versus society, man versus nature, and many more. The book The Outsiders shows 3 conflicts including group versus group, man versus man, and man versus self. The first conflict is the main conflict in the The Outsiders. The main conflict in this book is group versus group, or to be more specific, the Socs versus the Greasers.
Victor is very fearless because he faked knowing french so he could impress theresa TEXT QUOTE: buller understood that the boy Didn't know French.
Both the stories “Seventh Grade” and “Melting Pot” have conflicts. One is internal and one is external. In “Seventh Grade” the conflict is internal, but in “Melting Pot” the conflict is external. In “Seventh Grade” there is a winner; in “Melting Pot” there is not a
5.) Conflicts- In a story or movie the Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces. There are two types of Conflicts: Internal & External. An Internal Conflict involves a character in conflict with himself or herself. In the story A Separate Peace the Internal Conflict is Gene vs. himself. In an external conflict, the main character struggles against an outside force. In the story A Separate Peace the External Conflict Gene vs. Finny.
Person vs. Society is another conflict because Clay-Boy went to the church to hopefully find his father but when he walked in the church he saw the black people having church and he was worried or confused because he had never came in contact with blacks and they it was not what he had been told or taught about what a black church had been like. Person
“Seventh Grade” and “Melting Pot” both have conflicts. In “Seventh Grade” the conflict happens between Victor and his mind. In “Melting Pot” the conflict happens between groups of different people. The conflict in “Melting Pot” does not have a winner, while the conflict in “Seventh Grade” does have a winner.
Since the very founding of The United States of America, a constant and always present issue for the policy makers, and the general public has been quite simply one thing… what to do with all of the foreigners and new people swarming into America from other nations. The policy over what to do with immigrants has been a rather heated debate over the ages, with several varying opinions on what to do with those who come here legally and illegally. This article will touch on just how impactful on our countries future immigration policies can be, as well as many of the positive sides and downsides of America being a “Melting Pot”, and what changes could be made to better the current policy on immigration in America.
From the years 2014 to 2015, 3.13 million immigrants migrated from their home country to the United States (Camarota). Each individual who comes to America brings with them their own heritage, culture, and experiences to this country. America is still the melting pot, because new immigrants are coming to America. An interview with an immigrant proves a personal viewpoint supporting the melting pot, and people are becoming angrier at the mistreatment of other cultures.