Read the following lines from the story "Forbidden Fruit."

Of course, in childhood there were occasions when I could have tasted pork in kindergarten or ate at the home of a friend, but I never broke the commandment.
When we had rice and pork in kindergarten, I fished out all the pieces of pork and gave them to my friends. I conquered the agony of yearning by the sweetness of self-denial. I enjoyed my ideological superiority. It was pleasant to be an enigma, to behave in a way baffling to everyone around. And yet, all the more intensely did I dream of transgression.
The type of conflict portrayed in these sentences can best be identified as
(1 point)
• man vs. man
• man vs nature
• man vs. society.
• man vs. himself.

The type of conflict portrayed in these sentences can best be identified as man vs. himself.