Question

Think of a conflict in a story that you’ve read recently, either in class or on your own. What type of conflict—internal conflict or external conflict—did the protagonist (main character) face? What did the character learn from the conflict? Was the character able to overcome the conflict?

Discuss whether you think the conflict in the story is a situation that could happen in real life and if the solution would have worked in the real world.

Answer 1

Answer: Person vs. Self

In this type of conflict, a character finds him or herself battling between two competing desires or selves, typically one good and one evil. You won't get a more obvious example than The Call of the Wild, in which the protagonist (in this case, a dog) is torn between a domesticated self and a wild self

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Answer 2

I most recently read Call of the Wild by Jack London. One of the major conflicts of the story was Buck the dog had an internal struggle of whether to stay domesticated or listen to is wild self. A group of humans are trying to force him to drag their sleigh across some thin ice, in the end, he listens to himself and refuses to move, a man cuts him loose from his reigns, and Buck becomes very loyal to the man. I think the conflict does happen in real life, not only in dogs but also in people struggling to listen to their gut or what the people around them are telling them. However, it's pretty unlikely that the exact situation and solution will happen in real life.

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