Question

(29) CARMODY: (thoroughly frightened, but still protesting). Ara, Doctor, you don't see the way of it at all. If Eileen goes to the hospital, who's to be takin care of the others, and mindin' the house when I'm off to work?

Which conflicting motives is Carmody most likely to be struggling with when he delivers speech 29?

Answers:

A. a conflict between the doctor's ideas about what to do about Eileen and his own plans for her future

B. a conflict between his desire to save money and his design to mind the house

C. a conflict between his fear of losing money and his fear of losing Eileen

D. a conflict between his desire to keep things as they are and his realization that he cannot

I think the answer is D.

Answer 1

Yes the answer is D he wants it to stay the same so he tries to make up excuses

Answer 2

You are right, it is  a conflict between his desire to keep things as they are and his realization that he cannot.