The era of the Soviet Union
Answer:
This excerpt could be an answer to the question: "What does it mean to be equal to a boy, according to Stanton?"
Explanation:
Indeed, the narrator is talking about how she has been wondering how to best integrate among boys ("I pondered the problem of boyhood") by being as good as them in certain fields, like Greek and horseriding. Besides, she states explictly that to be learned and courageous is "the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys," which is the answer she found to her hours of thinking about this question.
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.
During a soliloquy, the character is just vocally presenting his thoughts without regard to the audience. The characters are basically talking to themselves. In an aside, the character wants to talk to the audience and is aware of it.
