In “the first seven years” by bernard malamud, how is the central conflict of the plot resolved at the end of the story?
1. feld gives sobel his job back but forbids sobel from courting miriam.
2. feld realizes that miriam and sobel have already become engaged.
3. feld decides not to interfere in sobel’s relationship with miriam.
4. feld rehires sobel as his assistant and things go back to normal.

answer: he would chuck as much wood as he could chuck if he could chuck wood with a wood chuck

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

my mom likes working at a nursing home.

direct object