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A) The main conflict in the story is Elana not fitting in our feeling she is accepted for anything other than her color. B) Internal because she does not fight about it or make a scene, she adapts and blends

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Elana vs outside force
Jump rope girls
Eugene’s mom
Noises of El Building

Elana vs Herself
Choosing to study instead of mourn
Watching Eugene for so long
Hating where she lived

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A) Because she was sad that she wasn’t accepted or treated the same.
B) It minimizes to her suffering because of the way the community held President Kennedy in esteem and it adds to her suffering in the same way