Molly wasn't the type of person who would make fun of a classmate so, I gathered my courage and I caught up to her as she left class I confessed to her that I was falling behind and asked if she would be willing to help me Luckily, she agreed to help We made plans to meet at her
house after school
That aftemoon, she explained how to solve the problems. She went slowly so I could follow along, and she answered all of my questions. She was
patient, so I never felt self-conscious After a few hours of hard work, I felt like I was finally starting to understand. Molly even said that helping me
was a good way for her to study. I fell better prepared for the test, but I still continued to practice the rest of the week.

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards

it is an infinitive phrase with a subject.