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Conflict

Explore the impact of conflict in storytelling as the backbone of plot development. Learn about internal and external conflicts, including examples of person vs. self, society, nature, technology, fate, and supernatural forces. Understand how conflict drives narratives to climactic resolutions.

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Conflict

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  1. Conflict Backbone of the Plot Jennifer A. Bennett Sanderson HS Raleigh, NC

  2. Conflict • A struggle between two opposing forces over • something important at stake • that forms the center (or backbone) of the plot • All plot revolves around conflict!

  3. Plot Development Diagram(Janet Burroway) Climax Narrative Hook ConflictResolution Conflict Development ConflictIntroduction

  4. Internal Conflict • when the protagonist struggles against conflicting values, goals, ideas, principles, etc. within his or her own conscience • Person v. Self • Generate examples!

  5. External Conflicts • When the protagonist struggles against some force outside of him- or herself • Person v. person • Person v. society • Person v. nature • Person v. machine/technology • Person v. Fate • Person v. supernatural

  6. Person v. Person • When the protagonist struggles against another person to win the stakes • Generate examples!

  7. Person v. Society • When the protagonist struggles against an element of society: a government, a social organization, social mores, values, expectations, prevailing attitudes, prejudices, etc. • Generate examples!

  8. Person v. Nature • When the protagonist struggles against some element or force of nature, including disease or illness (biological) • Generate examples!

  9. Person v. Technology • When the protagonist struggles against some machine or aspect of technology that threatens his or her way of life • Examples:

  10. Person v. Fate • When the protagonist struggles against Fate; the idea that one’s fortune or destiny is determined beyond the character’s influence or control • Fatalism—the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) • the concept of predetermination • Oedipus Rex (lots of Greek tragedies) • “Appointment in Samarra”

  11. The Monkey’s Paw • The Lottery • Oedipus

  12. Person v. Supernatural • When the protagonist struggles against some element of the spiritual realm • Generate examples!

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