Read the excerpt from the land.

"they got no business beating on you," robert said, expressing my sentiments exactly.

"that's what i figure too," i said.

"we'll take care of 'em tomorrow," robert promised.

"now wait a minute," said hammond. "i don't know if that's such a good idea."

"what's not good about it? " i asked. "mitchell and those other boys been beating on me for the longest time, so y'all go beat on them awhile and they'll stop."

hammond was quiet a moment, then said, "well, i don't know if that's quite fair."

what type of conflict is best shown in this excerpt?

a. physical – character vs. nature
b. social – character vs. self
c. social – character vs. character
d. physical – character vs. character