The primary conflict in An Ounce of Cure is between the unnamed narrator and herself. The story is a tale of a young girl's struggle to accept herself and the whirling emotions she experiences as begins experiencing adult life. This conflict is demonstrated in her obsessive replaying of the events surrounding her first kiss, which ultimately left her heartbroken and depressed. Her decision to attempt to kill herself is a manifestation of this conflict.
Alternatively, the story may also be viewed as one centered on the conflict of man vs. society. In many ways the conditions the narrator finds herself in are a product of the extremely conservative environment of the town she lives in and the immense pressure that has been placed on her to live up to other people's expectations. She finds herself having a reputation to uphold that is in many ways beyond her as it does not afford her the freedom to explore and make mistakes as everyone does while growing up.
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