Question

read the excerpt from \lather and nothing else.\
im sure that with a good strong blow, a deep cut, he would feel no pain. he would not suffer at all. and what would i do then with the body? where would i hide it? i would have to flee, leave all this behind, take shelter far away, very far away. but they would follow until they caught up with me. the murderer of captain torres. he slit his throat while he was shaving him. what a cowardly thing to do!
and others would say, the avenger of our people. a name to remember—my name here. he was the town barber. no one knew he was fighting for our cause.
how could the internal conflict in this excerpt best be summarized?
○ coward vs. avenger
○ captain vs. barber
○ weakness vs. strength
○ pain vs. suffering

Explanation:

The barber is internally conflicted between acting as a coward (not taking revenge and avoiding consequences like fleeing) or an avenger (taking revenge for his cause). The other options like "captain vs. barber" is an external conflict (between two characters), "weakness vs. strength" is too vague without context of the internal moral/action - based conflict here, and "pain vs. suffering" is not the main internal conflict presented. The key is the barber's internal struggle between two identities (coward and avenger) related to his action (killing the captain or not).

Answer:

coward vs. avenger