I think you could perhaps get that someone may have helped him and looked after him in a way that he didn't need to be very independent, George is always helping him and telling him things they don't have.. This could be down to his mental health but also down to his childhood. Just what I got from it..hope it helped a little :)
Do you pick a word you want to use? or is it a specific one.
Yes, it is true that in story-telling, the conflict generally produces a struggle leading to a sequence of events resulting in suspense or excitement, although this conflict can take different "shapes" and develop as the characters try to solve it.
