The Invalid's Story Group

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im-jus-me
im-jus-me
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High School - 9th Grade

What are the conflicts in the story?

My question is basically asking what are all of the differences happening.

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Posted by im-jus-me on Saturday February 24, 2007 at 2:49 PM and tagged with conflicts, the invalid's story.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    eNotes Editor

    There are many conflicts, and many types of conflict, in this story (if you define "conflict" as any sort of clash or disagreement). The first is between the stories told—how old is the narrator?
    The second is a restatement of what the box being transported contains.
    The third is a conflict between the smell and comfort, and the fourth is confusion over the source of that smell (cheese or dead body).

    Cigar smoke vs. cheese smell.

    All these stresses vs. the narrator's health.

    And subject matter (serious) vs. tone (humorous).

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/invalids-story/

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    Posted by gbeatty on Saturday March 3, 2007 at 6:14 PM