The best description of the conflict of this excerpt from "The Piano Shop" on the Left Bank" by Thad Carhart is A) The narrator needs to convince his wife ...
- Before the narrator entered the shop that faithful day he had discussed with his wife about buying an upright and less costly piano, one that would occupy less room space, and take into consideration the family's young children.
- The conflict of a story establishes the main difficulty that the narrator faces. Such conflicts may be external or internal, as in this case. For instance, within the narrator, he was fully convinced that he needed a piano to rediscover his music passion.
- However, external considerations concern the cost, the size, and the children. These issues must be fine-tuned with the wife before a final decision is reached.
- The conflict is not too much about finding the money to buy the Stingl. It is not about re-discovering passion for music. The conflict is not about coping with an inexpensive piano.
Thus, the main conflict is that the narrator does not know initially how to get his wife to buy into his idea for a big-sized, old-fashioned piano.
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