Coffee Will Make You Black

In the novel, Coffee Will Make You Black, by April Sinclair contains conflicts throughout the chapters. In chapter 9, the type of conflict involved is between the people where a decision has to be made to go with someone they want to walk with to their house. At the same time, someone ends up hurt and the other got what they wanted.

The people involved in the conflict are Jean Stevenson, Roland, and Yusef Brown. The conflict started when Roland asked Jean if he can walk her home and she said yes. After she agreed to walk with Roland after school, Yusef Brown asked her if he can walk her home too. The conflict is that Jean already told Roland that he was going to walk her, but she wanted to walk with Yusef Brown instead. She was put in a situation where she had to decide who she was going to walk with. She knew that she had to follow what she really wanted and that was for Yusef to walk with her home.

This conflict interests me the most because I can picture that situation in my head. As I was reading the conflict between Jean Stevenson, Roland, and Yusef Brown in chapter 9, it was captivating because I was eager to know what Jean’s decision was. I felt bad when she ended up walking with Yusef. I know Roland was hurt because he had his hopes up and was shut down by Jean at the end.

Overall, the most interesting conflict to me was in chapter 9 where Jean Stevenson, Roland, and Yusef Brown were involved because the conflict was thrilling to my interest.