Literary Analysis of "Escape to the City"

One conflict in the story is man versus society. In the story, Clifford is living by himself in Vancouver. He must face the challenge of living on his own and having to provide for himself. Clifford lives in a society where needing a well paying job is needed to pay necessities to survive in a city. Another conflict is man versus man. Clifford has problems with his father. Clifford's father is angry with him for not going into business and leaving to live on his own.
To describe Patrick the author uses stream of consciousness to reveal him. …