Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”In spite of these warning signs, I wasn't worried. Our family had no piano and we couldn't afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. So I could be generous in my comments when my mother bad-mouthed the little girl on TV."Play note right, but doesn't sound good! No singing sound," complained my mother."What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. "She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the best, but she's trying hard." I knew almost
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an internal conflict within the mother, who wishes she could buy more things for her family
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an internal conflict within the narrator, who wants to perform better than the little girl on the talent show
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an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well
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an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to play piano, and her mother, who cannot afford to buy one