Question

Hope knew how desperate Hayley was to make it on the baseball team. Hope had seen Hayley's grandparents cheering at the game last year. They just looked so happy. The baseball team was the only thing that was going well in Hayley's life. Yet, Hope knew that she was a better player than Hayley. After baseball camp, there was really no competition. What was Hope to do? Here she was at tryouts, and it was too late to drop out. There was one more spot on the team. She believed strongly that she should always do her best, but she didn't want to break Hayley's heart. Which statement describes the main plot of the scenario above best? Hope has an external conflict due to competition with Hayley. Hope has an internal conflict due to a moral dilemma. Hope has an internal conflict due to her negative feelings toward Hayley. Hope has an external conflict due to her missing baseball camp.

Answer 1

The correct answer is that “Hope has an internal conflict due to a moral dilemma.”

Hope is torn between her personal passion for baseball and her concern for Haley. She is forced to try out for the team and most likely push Haley out of the placement because she is a superior player. This represents an internal conflict, one which resides inside an individual. Hope is weighing the moral value of Haley’s feelings versus her personal spot on the baseball team.

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