The conflict in this story is the search for the sun. This is because the main characters, Tom and Lily, when they get married, wish there would be sun on their honeymoon, but the sun does not appear and the day is all the time cloudy, ugly and with a depressing appearance that does not match the one of a honey. The sun does not appear for a long time, the sun has not appeared for years, with the exception of a few areas where it is possible to see the presence of the sun and it is behind these areas that Tom and Lily are looking for, but the search is tiring and very frustrating . This serves to remind us how much we do not value what is good and beautiful, when we have it in abundance, such as sunlight.
I’m pretty sure it’s the first one because Douglass refers to the railroad to the “upper railroad” which is basically him saying it’s not as secretive as it should be
