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Chamberlain's character in "The Thorn Birds" struggles with what personal conflict?

  • Financial crisis

  • Family feud

  • Secret identity

  • Love versus duty

Answer

Love versus duty is the central conflict that plagues Chamberlain, the protagonist in Colleen McCullough's "The Thorn Birds." On the one hand, he grapples with a forbidden desire for Meggie, a young woman with whom he shares a mutual attraction. On the other hand, he feels a profound sense of duty to the priesthood and the Catholic church.
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