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Short Story Cranes Fly South

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“Cranes Fly South” By: Edward McCourt “Lee remembered what his mother had said. “Grandpa is a very old man, Lee; he mustn’t ever get excited.” In the short story cranes fly south, there are three types of conflict. The conflict type person versus self is when the main character --central character--faces an internal struggle. In the story we are reading --cranes fly south—the character that faces an internal conflict is Lee. He struggles about whether or not he should bring grandpa to see the cranes and if he should defy his mother’s wishes. The second type of conflict is person versus person. For this type of conflict there are two examples. The first one is Lee against mom. Lee brings grandpa out without mom’s permission therefore defying

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