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How does understanding conflict help you understand a short story?

Discover how understanding conflict can help unravel the complexities of a short story. Explore internal and external conflicts through examples and analysis. Enhance your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

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How does understanding conflict help you understand a short story?

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  1. How does understanding conflict help you understand a short story? PA @ 71

  2. Do Now • Why are they fighting? • Why do they dislike each other?

  3. Internal conflict • An internal conflict is where a character faces an internal struggle with their own thoughts and emotions. • For example, June’s conflict about her mother’s advice and her need to stop the bully.

  4. External conflict • An external conflict is where a character faces a struggle with an outside person or force. • There are three kinds of external conflict: • Character vs. character – two characters in disagreement with each other. • Character vs. society – character going against the laws or customs of the society or community. (e.g. outlaws, criminals, protesters, etc.) • Character vs. nature – characters going against different elements of nature. (e.g. Bear Grylls in the show Man vs. Wild)

  5. Activity Name two external conflicts and two internal conflicts going on in this picture. Use evidence from the picture and the movie itself.

  6. In your CodeX book: • Read pages 15-17 of “Tuesday of the Other June.” • Answer questions 11and 16 in your CA notebook. • Turn to a partner to discuss your answers when your done.

  7. Exit Slip • Name two conflicts (external and internal) faced by June in “Tuesday of the Other June.”

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