Student Question
What are some conflicts in Miguel Street?
Quick answer:
Conflicts in Miguel Street include Bogart's man vs society struggle with cultural expectations of masculinity and his arrest for bigamy, Popo's man vs society issue with proving his masculinity and his man vs self conflict with unfinished woodworking projects, and Morgan's man vs nature conflict when his house burns down without any human intervention.
Bogart is arrested for bigamy or having two wives. This is an example of a man vs society conflict in two ways: Bogart feels the pressure to father a child because of cultural beliefs about masculinity, and he is eventually punished by that same society for attempting to fulfill this idea.
Popo has similar issues proving his masculinity to the others on Miguel St. The ways that he struggles with his reputation because of his relationship to his wife represent a man vs society conflict as well. In another case, Popo's failure to finish any of his woodworking projects could be considered a man vs self conflict.
When Morgan's house burns down, Morgan experiences a man vs nature conflict because no one set the fire, but it still destroys so much of his life.
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