When considering the content of the three short stories "Tickets Please", "Hands", and "My Oedipus Complex", it is evident that the main conflict falls into the sexual category. Sexual conflict plays a major role in analyzing the situations in the three stories as well as in determining the meaning of the language. Although the examples of sexual conflict may not be directly implied in some of the stories, indirect allusions to such conflicts throughout the …showed first 75 words of 869 total…

…showed last 75 words of 869 total…surpassed them both, and was now winning the "race". After looking at the different examples of sexual conflict, it can be concluded that it plays a key role in the overall development of each story. In the story "Tickets Please", the conflict revolves around opposite sexes. In the story "hands", the conflict is related to homosexuality. And finally, in the story "My Oedipus Complex", the conflict is reflected in little Larry's feelings for his mother.