Question

Read this excerpt from Gravity" by Judith Ortiz Cofer. Evenings she'd sit in her rocking chair in the living room and listen to record albums she bought on the Island during our yearly visits to her mother's home: Celia Cruz, Felipe Rodríguez, and the big band music of Tito Puente, which she played loud to compete with my Little Richard, the Supremes, Dylan and, later, the Beatles, the Beatles, the Beatles. When my father came home we both turned down the volume. What is the best example of cultural conflict in the excerpt? A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland B. Elenita versus her mothers controlling nature C. Elenita versus "Early Puerto Rican" décor D, Elenita versus the music's apparent absurdity

Answer 1

Answer: A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.