Read the excerpt from "Broken Chain."

Alfonso said over and over that she was too nice to pull a stunt like that. But Ernie argued that she lived only two blocks from where those girls had told them to wait, that she was in the same grade, and, the clincher, that she had ponytails. Secretly, however, Ernie was jealous that his brother, two years younger than himself, might have found a girlfriend.

A theme in this excerpt is expressed by

Ron Tanmer wrote the poem "Broken Chair." It is a poem about loss and transformation. The main character of the poem is Alfonso, Sandra and Ernie.

The correct option is:

Option C. The passage shows the conflict between the two persons

This can be explained by:

Alfonso: As per the passage he was a very outgoing person who always praise himself. Alfonso was angry with Ernie that Sandra left him because of Ernie.

Ernie: he was envious of his brother Alfonso because he thought that even being younger than him he got a date before he does.

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