Finding Happiness The conflict of two young Indian American boys starts as a joyous journey and finishes with a devastating ending. Lyman and Henry both had external and internal conflicts. They both couldn’t expose their conflicts to their each other. The first external conflict was living in an Indian reservation, which was difficult and many of the families were poor. Another external conflict that Henry faced getting drafted. After Henry came back from the war there were some changes “The change was no good. You could hardly expect him to change for the better I know. But he was quiet, so quiet and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always up and moving around”(25). Surviving the war was another complex external
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His family just seeing him go through depression without being able to help him was an external problem that they all concerned. They would talk about him when he’s not around, and think of a way to help him. They were afraid that if they take him to regular hospital, they would keep him and just give him drugs. Also Henry’s external conflict was the war and not willing to fight. After he came back the conflict stayed with him and it was more internal than external. He noticed that his family was trying to help him, especially Lyman. He noticed that his actions towards his family aren’t the …show more content…
He all of the sudden jumped off. “My boots are filling,” he says. He says this in a normal voice, like he just noticed and he doesn’t know what to think of it”(26). When I first read it I thought it was an accident, I went back on reading it again and again and thought of it. It is a suicide it didn’t seem like it but it was. It was done differently and was very strange. Even Lyman didn’t have the expected reaction. They were drunk so maybe that was the reason of the strange reaction. The foreshadowing in the beginning was very symbolic, it made sense why Lyman said it that
His family just seeing him go through depression without being able to help him was an external problem that they all concerned. They would talk about him when he’s not around, and think of a way to help him. They were afraid that if they take him to regular hospital, they would keep him and just give him drugs. Also Henry’s external conflict was the war and not willing to fight. After he came back the conflict stayed with him and it was more internal than external. He noticed that his family was trying to help him, especially Lyman. He noticed that his actions towards his family aren’t the …show more content…
He all of the sudden jumped off. “My boots are filling,” he says. He says this in a normal voice, like he just noticed and he doesn’t know what to think of it”(26). When I first read it I thought it was an accident, I went back on reading it again and again and thought of it. It is a suicide it didn’t seem like it but it was. It was done differently and was very strange. Even Lyman didn’t have the expected reaction. They were drunk so maybe that was the reason of the strange reaction. The foreshadowing in the beginning was very symbolic, it made sense why Lyman said it that