The protagonist, Little Chandler, of James Joyce's short story "The Little Cloud" is a weak, timid man. Chandler is unable to express his feeling through either reading or writing poems and his mind is always thinking of "his friend's success". These factors lead to an internal conflict he experiences within himself. The internal conflict of Little Chandler is revealed in the narrator's comments, Chandler's comparison with his friend, what he thought of his life, and even his marriage.
At the beginning of the story, the narrator describes him as a little melancholy man who always feels dep…
