Which excerpt from "the gift of the magi" presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story?

there was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

tomorrow would be christmas day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy jim a present.

she had a way of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: " god, make
think i am still pretty."

twenty dollars a week doesn't go far.

What’s the difference between extract and abstract as nouns and verbs?

*ill give best answer brainliest*read the excerpt below and answer the question. we did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and which to the crematoria. still, i was happy, i was near my father. our procession continued slowly to move forward. another inmate came over to us: “satisfied? ” “yes,” someone answered. “poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.” he seemed to be telling the truth. not far from us, flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. something was being burned there. a truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. babies! yes, i did see this, with my own eyes . . children thrown into the flames. (is it any wonder that ever since then, sleep tends to elude me? ) so that was where we were going. a little farther on, there was another, larger pit for adults. what is the conflict portrayed in this excerpt from elie wiesel’s night? select all that apply. the external conflict between the nazis and the jews the external conflict between the nazis and the allies the external conflict between wiesel and the inmate the internal conflict between wiesel’s memory of the burning bodies and his desire for peaceful sleep

Compare and contrast spoon river anthology