Conflict

Yesterday we looked at characters and the types of characters that we see in stories like an antagonist vs a protagonist. In stories, there will be a problem between these characters, an issue a character is facing themselves and this is conflict in a story.

Conflict

A conflict is the problem or struggle that a character faces in a story.

Character vs. Character - a conflict between two characters
Character vs. Nature - a conflict between a character and the setting or a force of nature, such as a storm.
Character vs. Self - a conflict within a character as they struggles with difficult problems.
Character vs Society- a conflict between a character as they deal with an issue in society.
Character vs Supernatural- a conflict with a supernatural element ie. ghost etc.
Character vs Technology- a conflict that results from advancement in technology.

Examples of Conflict -Slideshow Assignment

For today's activity, use the Google Slideshow template that has been shared on Google Classroom to create a presentation that provides examples for the types of conflict in literature. You will need to include:

Definition of conflict and a visual to represent conflict
Definition (in your words) of each type of conflict, an example from a novel, movie, tv show, video game etc (anything where storytelling is happening) and a visual/image for each.
1. - character vs character
  - character vs self
  - character vs nature/elements
Bonus* Come up with an example for:
1. - character vs society
  - character vs supernatural
  - character vs technology

You can make the slideshow as fancy or as simple as you like. The importance is for you to come up with a definition and visual example for each

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