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The protagonist, Little Chandler, of James Joyce's short story "The Little Cloud" is a weak, timid man. Chandler is unable to express his feeling through either reading or writing poems and his mind is always thinking of "his friend's success". These factors lead to an internal conflict he experiences within himself. The internal conflict of Little Chandler is revealed in the narrator's comments, Chandler's comparison with his friend, what he thought of his life, and …

…and melancholy build up his internal conflict. While he is envies about his friend "successful", he can never be able to have the life he dreams of. It is because he is bashful and meek. Just as in the poetry, he couldn't put his thought on poems. He would like to change but he couldn't overcome his weakness, plus he doesn't have the desire to action. This is the internal conflict deep inside his mind.