exploration of conflict

A. "Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you are in conflict with yourself." -Tom Hopkins

i kinda like this quote, it makes me think of the opposing conflicts within every human being, the classic struggle between good and evil. The question he poses oddly makes me think of procrastination, trivial stupid stuff like projects or homework or whatever. I don't want to do boring things, even tho i should, 'cuz it'll help me in the long run, but i still don't. However, when he says i don't do these things bcuz i'm in conflict with myself, i'm not entirely sure i agree bcuz i don't see myself as a conflicting person really. I'm just lazy. I guess laziness is a sense of conflict tho... so yeah.


B. In the story I read, titled, " Of Puzz and Other Worlds, or A Jolly Day with a Puzz," by Marina Childers the main conflict is between the main character Lady Wyn and the creature known as the Puzz. Basically man vs. creature. The reader doesn't know yet if the Puzz will end up being Wyn's friend or enemy, becuz the Puzz has the potential to be both, and the conflict is finding out if the Puzz will befriend Wyn or not. It makes me want to continue reading the story, becuz only until the end is everything resolved with the Puzz.

"Tell you what," the Puzz broke the silence, "how about I wake him up for you?"
"You would?" I exclaimed joyfully, then narrowed my eyes suspiciously. "What would you want in return?"
The Puzz seemed to consider it for a moment, glanced at Cedric, and then at me.
"I would like for you never to kick me again."
I shrugged. "Deal."
-----this is where the conflict is resolved, even tho it's not the end of the story, there are still good elements that kept me wanting to finish the story.