CONFLICT CONFLICT

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LITERATURELITERATURE

We already know that a We already know that a plot is a series of related plot is a series of related events. A plot is made up events. A plot is made up of:of:

ExpositionExposition ComplicationsComplications ClimaxClimax AnticlimaxAnticlimax ConflictsConflicts

Conflicts can be Conflicts can be either….either….

EXTERNALEXTERNAL

OrOr

INTERNALINTERNAL

EXTERNAL CONFLICT involves a EXTERNAL CONFLICT involves a struggle between a character struggle between a character and a force outside of himself.and a force outside of himself.

Society Nature Another

as a whole Character

INTERNAL CONFLICT is a struggle between a character and

something within himself/herself. This could be his/her conscience,

fear, love or other struggles of that source.

Group Work – Turn and Group Work – Turn and TalkTalk

Read the following excerpt from Read the following excerpt from Saki’s “The Interlopers”. Turn and Saki’s “The Interlopers”. Turn and

talk with a partner and decide talk with a partner and decide what kind of conflict is evident. what kind of conflict is evident. What are some solutions to this What are some solutions to this

conflict?conflict?

…a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them. Ulrich Von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass. His heavy shooting boots had saved his feet from being crushed to pieces, but if his fractures were not as serious as they might have been, at least it was evident that he could not move from his present position till someone came to release him…

WHAT TYPE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT?CONFLICT?

External Conflict!External Conflict!Man V. NatureMan V. Nature

1.1. What is nature represented as What is nature represented as here?here?

2.2. How can this struggle be How can this struggle be resolved?resolved?

3.3. What would your thoughts be at What would your thoughts be at this time?this time?

Group Work – Turn and Group Work – Turn and TalkTalk

Now read the following excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Game.” Again identify the

conflict and explain what kind of conflict it is.

Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours. “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,” he said through tight teeth.

He had not been entirely clear-headed when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him. His whole idea at first was to put distance between himself and General Zaroff, and, to this end, he had plunged along, spurred on by the sharp rowels of something very like panic.

WHAT TYPE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT?CONFLICT?

Internal Conflict!Internal Conflict!Man V. HimselfMan V. Himself

1.1. What is Rainsford fighting here?What is Rainsford fighting here?

2.2. What seems to have caused this What seems to have caused this conflict?conflict?

Sum UpSum Up

There are three types of conflict: There are three types of conflict: Man V. Man, Man V. Nature, and Man V. Man, Man V. Nature, and Man V. HimselfMan V. Himself

Conflict is ESSENTIAL to any storyConflict is ESSENTIAL to any story

SETTINGSETTING

SETTINGSETTING The time and location in which a The time and location in which a

story takes place is called the story takes place is called the setting.  setting. 

For some stories the setting is For some stories the setting is very important, while for others it very important, while for others it is not .is not .

Eudora Welty said, "Every story Eudora Welty said, "Every story would be another story, and would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and characters and plot and happened somewhere else... happened somewhere else... Fiction depends for its life on Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground circumstance, the proving ground of, What happened? Who's here? of, What happened? Who's here? Who's coming?..."Who's coming?..."

Aspects of a Story’s Aspects of a Story’s SettingSetting

a)  a)  placeplace - geographical location.  Where is - geographical location.  Where is the action of the story taking place? the action of the story taking place? b)  b)  timetime - When is the story taking place? - When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc) (historical period, time of day, year, etc) c)  c)  weather conditionsweather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc? stormy, etc? d)  d)  social conditionssocial conditions - What is the daily life - What is the daily life of the character's like? Does the story of the character's like? Does the story contain local colour (writing that focuses on contain local colour (writing that focuses on the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place)? etc. of a particular place)? e)  e)  mood or atmospheremood or atmosphere - What feeling is - What feeling is created at the beginning of the story?  Is it created at the beginning of the story?  Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening? bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?