Conflict

 

Identifying Conflict

 

Internal/Interior Conflict: A struggle that occurs within a characters own mind.

 

• Man vs Himself

 

 

External/Exterior Conflict:  A struggle that occurs between a character and an outside force.

• Man vs Man

• Man vs Nature

• Man vs Society

• Man vs Fate

 

 

Examples:

 

Joe kicks John:   External, Man vs Man

 

Julie can not decide which boy she wants to date:  Internal, Man vs Himself

 

Katie gets caught in a thunderstorm without an umbrella:  External, Man vs Nature

 

Hu and her husband wnat three children, but in China, couples are only allowed to have one child to help control their population size and are penalized if they have more than one:  External, Man vs Society

 

Maniac Magees parents die in a trolley crash when he is two years old:  External,Man vs fate

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