Which external conflict does theoharacter face in this passage?
Which line from this passage serves as evidence that
supports the conflict?
How does the character respond to the conflict?
All the same, when I came to the Place of the Gods, I was
afraid, afraid. The current of the great river is very strong
-it gripped my raft with its hands. That was magic, for
the river itself is wide and calm. I could feel evil spirits
about me, I was swept down the stream. Never have I
been so much alone-I tried to think of my knowledge,
but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no
strength in my knowledge any more and I felt small and
naked as a new-hatched bird-alone upon the great river,
the servant of the gods.
-"By the Waters of Babylon,"
Stephen Vincent Benet