Activity This activity will help you get started with writing your literary analysis essay. Begin by reviewing the writing prompt:
In a work of literature, conflict is the struggle betweenopposing characters or forces. The five stories in this unit deal
with either internal conflict (a character's personal struggle) or external conflict (a character's struggle with the
environment or another character). In a five-paragraph essay, explain how either internal or external conflict is
demonstrated within one of the stories. Cite specific examples from the story to support your theory.
Part A
Write one sentence that explains the question you will answer in your essay.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky