Read the following excerpt and use it to answer questions 1-3. Excerpt from "Poor Fish" by Alberto Moravia People never know very much about who they are, nor about who is inferior to them and who superior. As for me, I went too far in the direction of thinking myself inferior to everybody. It is true that I was not born with a frame as tough as iron; about as tough as earthenware, let us say. But I looked upon myself as being as fragile as glass, as the thinnest glass, in fact; and that was altogether too much. That was debasing myself too far. I used often to say to myself: now let’s run over our own qualities. Physical strength, then - nil: I am small, crooked, rickety, my arms and legs are like sticks, I’m like a spider. Intelligence - very little above nil, considering that I’ve never managed, out of all the jobs there are, to rise above that of dish-washer in a hotel. Looks - less than nil: I have a narrow, yellow face, eyes of an indefinite, dirty colour, and a nose that seems to have been made for a face twice as broad as mine; it is big and long, and looks as if it was going straight down, and then, at the tip, it turns up like a lizard raising its snout. Other qualities, such as courage, quickness, personal charm, likeableness - less said about them the better. Quite naturally, then, after coming to such conclusions, I was careful not to make advances to women. The only one I ever attempted to approach - a housemaid in the hotel - put me in my place with a very suitable word - “you poor fish,” she said. And so I became gradually convinced that I was worth nothing at all and that the best thing for me to do was to keep quiet, in a corner, so as not to get in anybody’s way. Question 1 1. What is the main type of conflict present in this passage?(3 points) Responses Person vs. Person Person vs. Person Person vs. Self Person vs. Self Person vs. Society Person vs. Society Person vs. Nature
