Conflict

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Conflict

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Conflict

• Conflict
• A struggle between opposing forces
• Characters in conflict form the basis for novels,
  short stories, and plays.
• Two kinds of conflict
• Internal
• External

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Conflict

• External Conflicts
• The main character struggles against an outside
  force.
• Person vs. Person
• Person vs. Nature
• Person vs. Unknown
• Person vs. Society

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Man vs. Man

• An example of an External Conflict
• Two characters fighting against each other

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Man vs. Nature

• Another example of an External Conflict
• Individuals fighting against nature
• The elements of nature
• Weather
• Wilderness
• Etc
• Illness
• Aging

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Man vs. Nature

• Survivor
• On this popular television show, individuals are
  forced to survive in the wilderness. Contestants
  are given the bare essentials for survival, and
  they must survive the weather, harsh conditions,
  and occasionally animals.
• What other types of conflict do contestants on
  Survivor face?

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Man vs. Nature

• Other popular examples include
• Bruce Almighty
• Hatchet
• Lost
• With All Flags Flying

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Man vs. Unknown

• Is considered an External Conflict but usually
  prompts an Internal Conflict by raising questions
• This conflict encompasses
• Man vs. Supernatural
• Man vs. God
• Usually prompts Man vs. Self conflict of either
  fear or indecisiveness.
• In multiple cases it can produce joy
• Can have devastating effects

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Man vs. The Unknown

• Scooby Doo
• In this cartoon, Scooby and the gang are always
  in conflict with a supernatural being of some
  sort (or so they think).
• After catching the ghost, the gang always finds
  out that the ghost is really a human.
• At the end of each episode, this Man vs. The
  Unkown conflict turns into what other type of
  conflict?

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Man vs. Society

• A type of External Conflict that centers around a
  main characters struggle with social traditions
  or society as a whole.
• Society a group of individuals living together
  as a community.

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Man vs. Society

• Shrek
• In this film the protagonist, a very sweet but
  physically unattractive ogre, fights to change
  the kingdoms mind about ogreshe wants humans to
  see that ogres arent all bad!

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Man vs. Society

• Other examples include
• The Wave
• Borat
• Two Friends
• Schindlers List

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Conflict

• Internal Conflict
• Involves a character in conflict with himself or
  herself.

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Man vs. Self

• The Water Boy
• Bobby Bouche, a sheltered mamas boy, battles
  with himself over whether to disobey his mother
  and play football or obey his mother and remain
  the water boy for the team.

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Man vs. Self

• Other Examples
• Through the Tunnel
• Tommy Boy
• George in Of Mice and Men.
• Rocky in Rocky Balboa (all six movies center
  around Rockys internal struggle)