Types of Conflicts

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Types of Conflicts
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What is a conflict?

• A problem that characters face in a story.
• Often the climax of the story is connected to
  the solution to a conflict.
• There are five types of conflicts.

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Person Vs. Self

• When a character has problem inside of
  themselves, an internal conflict
• Examples
• A small boy trains to make the team
• A girl learns to respect herself

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Person Vs. Person

• When a character has a problem with another
  character
• Example
• Two girls fight over a boy

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Person Vs. Nature

• When a character has a problem with weather,
  animals, or hunger.
• Example
• An Eskimo must fish in extreme cold to feed his
  baby.

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Person Vs. Society

• A character struggles against an issue affecting
  an entire community.
• Examples
• A woman refuses to move to the back of a bus
  because of the color of her skin.
• A group of students fight the school over the
  dress code.

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Person Vs. Supernatural

• A character has a problem with ghosts, monsters,
  or things not of this world.
• Super Beyond Natural this world
• Example
• A child thinks that his house is haunted...