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Door In The Wall Conflicts

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The main conflict that reoccurs in “The Door in the Wall” is man versus self. Wallace hesitates to enter the green door because of his father’s influence. His father is described as a “stern, pre occupational lawyer, who gave him little attention, and expected great things of him” (2) and choosing to delve in the world of imagination would prevent Wallace from placing all of his efforts on becoming just like his father. “[His] father would be very angry if he went through that door” (2). Although Wallace hesitates in opening the green door, due to his father’s disapproval, the conflict is solved when Wallace prioritizes fulfilling his own emptiness over seeking his father's approval and enters the enchanted garden. The man versus self conflict resurfaces everytime Wallace encounters the green door, developing the theme of having to choose between the rational world and the world of imagination in his life. …show more content…

Wallace continues, ““‘I seem to remember the attraction of the door mainly as another obstacle to my overmastering determination to get to school’” (6). The conflict is resolved when Wallace walks away from the door, choosing his earthly obligations than those of the enchanted garden. Wallace faces man versus self in the last conflict of the short story. After rejecting the green door for the third time, Wallace begins to fill with regret. While accompanying friends, Wallace comes across the green door and is forced to make a decision. “‘They will think of me mad,’ I[Wallace] thought” (10). His weight of the decision in that moment of conflict are prevalent in the next quote: “a thousand inconceivably petty worldliness weighed him” (10). Wanting to avoid his friends’ judgement, Wallace ignores the door for the fourth

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