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Understanding Types of Conflicts in Stories

Explore the five types of conflicts characters face in stories, including Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, and Person vs. Supernatural. Learn through examples how conflicts drive narratives and characters' development.

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Understanding Types of Conflicts in Stories

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  1. Types of Conflicts

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Person Vs. Person When a character has a problem with another character Example Two girls fight over a boy

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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...

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