Internal Conflict In A Story By Li-Young Lee

A Story by Li-Young Lee presents an affectionate relationship between a father and his son, both of them searching for the right words to say to one another. The father worries that he has exhausted his supply of interesting stories and frantically pines for something, anything that will keep his son interested. He realizes that his son will eventually grow up and lose the cheerful admiration with which he looks at his father now. Through the use of literary techniques, Lee builds up the internal conflict of the father and his desperation to be his son’s hero while the position is still available. The point of view switches intermittently throughout the poem between an omniscient narrator, the father, and his son. The narrator provides