What is an example of the conflict man versus self in the novel, Genesis?

Inner conflict is central to the development of Rusty's character. During one of the blizzards Rusty realizes, "The fact that he was here in a tent on the freezing Saskatchewan plains, that one decision rashly made and stubbornly stuck to had taken him not only out of the university, out of home, out of England, but out of a whole life and culture that had been assumed for him, left him dazed." During the hardships of the cattle drive he wrestles first with his desire to be accepted as a real cowboy and then with his desire to run away and return to a comfortable life.