The top point of view for tis 1. from someone the was on the bad end of a situation or 2. the use of verbal manipulation with intent of personal gain
The phrase itself is usually used to persuade.<span />
The excerpt from <span>Black Boy that best demonstrates the idea that Wright’s family feels frustrated and trapped in their financial situation is </span><span>C. At night there were long, halting discussions about our going to live with Granny, but nothing came of it. Perhaps there was not enough money for railroad fare.
You can see clearly here that they wanted to send to boy to his grandma so that both them and he could live a little bit better, however, they couldn't manage to set aside even that little money to send him away.
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I think there are two ptions that show internal conflict:
1) He considers whether or not to trust the inmate who tells him he´s not fifteen.
In this case he doesn't know the inmmate and doesn't know the exact reason hes telling him to lie. One reason is because he wants to help him, that information would save his life from the SS. The other option is that the inmmate is selfish and by telling him to lie, the kid will be punished instead of him. The kid must decide then if he trusts him or not.
2) He must decide whether or not to tell Dr. Mengele the truth about his age.
In this case he has even more doubts, he knows Mengeles reputation and he doesn't know how much information does he have and how will it affect him. If he lies he might know it and punish him or that lie could save him.
The conflict is real because his life could depend on the decissions he makes.
