This question is incomplete because the text is missing; here is the complete text:
I would have to shave his beard just like any other, carefully, neatly, just as though he were a good customer, taking heed that not a single pore should emit a drop of blood. Seeing to it that the blade did not slip in the small whorls. Taking care that the skin was left clean, soft, shining so that when I passed the back of my hand over it not a single hair should be felt. Yes. I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber, proud of the way I did my job. —"Lather and Nothing Else," Hernando Tellez
Which piece of text evidence best reveals internal conflict?
“I would have to shave his beard just like any other”
“Seeing to it that the blade did not slip in the small whorls”
“Taking care that the skin was left clean, soft, shining”
“I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”
The answer to this question is “I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”
Explanation:
In this piece of text, the narrator who is a barber struggles with his ideas, beliefs, and morals because his customer is a military leader responsible for the death of many rebels during a Civil War and the barber supports the revolution and actions of the rebels. This makes the barbel think about killing or hurting the man, but the barber decides not to do this and do his job as a barber as best as possible. This conflict and situation are expressed in “I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber” because the barber innerly struggles to act either as a barber or as a revolutionary.
