Question

This Lord Munodi was a person of the first rank, and had been some years governor of Lagado; but, by a cabal of ministers, was discharged for insufficiency. However, the king treated him with tenderness, as a well-meaning man, but of a low contemptible understanding. Which excerpt from the passage above suggests a character vs. society conflict? I. “This Lord Munodi was a person of the first rank” II. “by a cabal of ministers, was discharged for insufficiency” III. “the king treated him with tenderness” II onlyI and IIII, II, and IIIIII only

Answer 1

Answer:

I believe the answer to be only II as well.

Explanation:

In literature, conflicts are any sort of struggle between forces. Usually, we have a main character, a protagonist, who needs to fight some type of obstacle to his/her goal or growth. When the character's behavior does not fit in, when he/she is considered different, inferior, or even challenging by a group - family, friends, the government, etc. -, we have a character vs. society type of conflict. In the excerpt we are studying here, Lord Munodi was discharged by a cabal of ministers. Their reason was "insufficiency". As we can see, the character has a group as the force that goes against him, that tries to hinder his plans. That is expressed in the second option:

II. “by a cabal of ministers, was discharged for insufficiency”

Answer 2

Answer: II. By a cabal of ministers, was discharged for insufficiency.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). From the given options, the one that represents an example of a character vs. society conflict is the corresponding to option II, because it is a conflict between a character and the cabal of ministers (society).