on today...

i was thinking about all the conflict in "the hortlak"... we mentioned eric vs. batu as well as eric and batu's relationships with charley...however i think that the most powerful source of conflict in this story is INSIDE eric, his personal conflict. throughout "the hortlak" eric struggles with several issues: whether to leave the convenience store, whether to tell charley his true feelings, what to do about batu and his pajamas, etc...i'm probably stating the obvious here but it was just something we hadn't mentioned in class so i thought i'd throw it out there