Jane had dreamed of playing the double bass ever since she could
remember, and today was the day the school music program would let
her pick an instrument. In the classroom, Mr. Fields assessed her. "I
think you are just built for the clarinet," he said, but Jane ignored him.
"Let me try the double bass," she said.
It was a disaster. She had to stand on a chair to reach the top of the
instrument, and it was hard to reach the strings with both hands.
"Seriously," Mr. Fields said. "Try the clarinet. I think you'll be surprised."
"I want to play the doubl though," she insisted. Finally, once she
had actually fallen over while trying to reach the strings, she admitted
defeat. "O.K.," she said. "I'll try it."
Mr. Fields was right: She was a natural at the clarinet. "It's not an easy
instrument to play," he told her, "but I think you've got some talent."
Which statement best describes how a character's response to conflict
develops the plot?