Conflict

Literary Devices Internal Conflict Conflict

**Internal and External **

**Internal Conflict -struggles that a character has inside the mind ** man vs himself Man vs. Self / Man vs. self occurs when a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas. This can be a result of the other conflicts mentioned. Can anyone think of a good example of this kind of conflict?

*a character expressing a questions about a situation *a character choosing between a right and a wrong action *character overcoming fears or emotional difficulties

**External Conflict -struggles that a character has with another person, a group, or a thing ** *a conversation between characters with different opinions *a competition between characters *a physical difficulty that a character must overcome

**man vs man/society** Man vs. Society The conflict between Man and Society occurs when a character disagrees with societal values, laws, or beliefs. Who wants to give me an example of this kind of conflict?

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">Man vs. Man occurs when a character (man or woman!) has an argument, disagreement, or other kind of “argument” with another character. Who can give me an example?



<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">**man vs machine**

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">**man vs fate/god** <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">**man vs nature**

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">Man vs. Nature <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">A conflict of Man vs. Nature occurs when a character has a problem with outside forces: weather, animals, land, etc. Who can think of an example besides the television show “Man vs. Wild?”

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 40px; text-align: center;">
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;">external / internal **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs person **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs society **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs self **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs nature **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs fate/destiny **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs the unknown **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 40px;"> person vs machine **