The essence of any story is conflict, and in memoirs many of the conflicts are internal. With regards to two memoirs you have read, discuss how the writers depict internal conflicts and to what effect.
Will her daughters turn out how she wanted
them to?
Evidence: When the girls were spending
time with their grandmother, she wonders
if she's doing a good job and if her
daughters will take care of her when she is
old?
Is she doing the right thing?
She often questions herself,
asking if this is for herself...etc,
or for the best of her children
Always end up convincing herself
that she is doing the right thing
Evidence: I didn't
mock her, I
thought to myself
indignantly. I was
just protecting my
daughters.
Biggest Conflict in Eternal
Her daughter Lulu, isn't
behaving like a good tiger cub.
She is more western, than
Chinese, which is harder to
control