Conflict: a struggle or problem in a story. An internal conflict occurs when a character struggles between opposing needs or desires or emotions within his or her own mind. An external conflict occurs when a character struggles against an outside force. this force may be another character, a societal expectation, or something in the physical world.
The central conflict in this novel is race and the reactions of people to Ellie and Miah's relationship. People cast those shady looks at them as they walk in hand in hand. Others make crude remarks, but their love is not black and white. " You think it'll always be like this, Miah?" Ellie asked on page 131. "...Ellie had come to see it, to understand how stupid the world could be sometimes," Miah thought on page 131. Miah and Ellie understand that being an interracial couple, many people give them funny looks, thinking they're trying to make a statement or be 'radical' so to speak. The only thing Ellie and Miah are proving is their true and simple love. Society can't look past the melanin and see the bond they share. In a world shrouded with skeptics and racists Ellie and Miah shine.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
- How do you feel about interracial dating?
- Do you think our society today has evolved and learned to except different races dating?
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