what was her internal conflict?

After the revolution, family loyalty becomes even more important and Ji-Li ultimately chooses loyalty to her family over loyalty to the New Government. She sees that good people are being punished when they have done nothing bad, but when her own father is arrested she refuses to give evidence against him even though she knows that she will suffer because of this refusal. She is just not prepared to lie about her father and get him in trouble when she knows him to be such a good man. The family remains a tightly knit unit, building a new life in America together after escape from China. The importance of this loyalty is once again emphasized as it plays a huge role in their ability to build a strong and positive life in their new free country.