Two Kinds Conflict Essay Conflicts, or problems, occur in almost every book or story. There are two different kinds of conflicts, internal, which are inside the body like feelings, and external, which are outside the body. In the short story "Two Kinds," by Amy Tan,there are both internal and external conflicts between Jing-mei and her mother throughout the story. Jing-mei and her mother have some very good examples of internal conflicts. For example, Jing-mei …showed first 75 words of 314 total…

…showed last 75 words of 314 total…to sit down and play the piano. This shows that her mother is getting angry with Jing-mei.It also tells us that her mother knows that Jing-mei can play the piano.As it is proven Jing-mei and her mother have both internal and external conflicts. Jing-mei and her mother, although have lots of problems, they work it out in the end. Amy Tan, the author, has written both internal and exernal conflicts in this story.