<span>indicating speech or discourse of a particular kind: travelogue, monologue.</span>
Conflict is the base of the story. Without conflict, the story has no plot, the characters don't experience anything, and there isn't really any developments at all. As for the second question, I think that's your own opinion.
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They try their best to patch it up and begin to fight off the sharks with an oar.
I think that the answer is B.
He wanted the the interview to go in another direction