Maki is a young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American boy and life in the United States. She fears her parents will not approve because they are very traditional and do not understand the ways of most Americans. Although Maki dreams of staying in America, marrying her boyfriend, and pursuing a career, she doesn't want to disappoint her parents or abandon Japanese customs entirely. She feels torn between two countries and her loved ones.
From this information, the reader knows this story is about an internal conflict.
a. True
b. False
