Conflict

Conflicts - What are the major problems? Why are they problems? Hey, its Isaac again. The major conflict in the book right now is that Sarny's children have been taken because Waller sold them to feed his gambling addiction. It seems especially sad because one, Sarny has no one else but her kids since Martin died. Also, because not too long after they were taken, the soldiers came and set all of the slaves on Waller's plantation free.

The main conflict of the story, is that Sarny's kids were sold off. I agree that it's pretty depressing that they were both sold off. Waller's gambling addiction was getting bad, and I was pretty satisfied that he was stabbed in the end. Slaves:1 Waller: 0

-Riley 

The main conflict didn't change from the first reading to this one. The conflict is still that Sarny has had her babies taken away from her and she is trying to get them back. She is getting closer to her goal though, because she met Miss Laura, who generously agreed to take them to New Orleans. I think she showed great determination when they were looking for the papers of her children. Even after hours of looking and finding nothing, she finally found the papers she was looking for.

-Isaac Porter

I agree with you on most of that. Another problem that I was pondering, after what you had told me in Math class, that Miss Laura might not be who she might appear to be. I think she's mixed up in a lot of //other// stuff. -Riley 

This is Isaac, a conflict is a struggle between different opposing forces. One conflict in this book is a man vs. society conflict. It is that the whites are discriminating against the African Americans. This conflict never really was solved because there still racists in this nation.

A conflict is a struggle between two opposing forces. One conflict in the book is Man Vs. self. Sarny struggles with not killing some men because they were taking her children or ruining her school.