 The main character › The story follows his/her life

 The person or thing that makes problems for the protagonist › Examples: prejudice, anger,

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1.Exposition Setting and characters are introduced Protagonist’s life is described

2. Inciting incident Something happens to change the protagonist’s life

3. Rising Action Conflicts develop

 Fight or struggle between two things › Something keeps the protagonist from living his normal, happy life

4. Climax Conflict is highest Excitement is highest

5. Falling Action The protagonist or the antagonist wins the conflict The conflict fades

6. Resolution Life continues, but probably in a new way What will the characters’ lives be like from now on?

The lesson within a story about life.

 Slavery is wrong  All people have feelings and desires  We should have sympathy, not bitterness, toward others

 The protagonist struggles with something around him

Character vs Nature Character vs Society Character vs Character

This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. “Cinderella’s mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. She employed Cinderella in meanest work of the house: she scoured the dishes, tables, etc., and kept the whole house clean; she lay upon a wretched straw bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, upon beds of the very newest fashion. When she had done her work she used to go into the chimney-corner and sit down among cinders and ashes, which made her commonly be called a cinder maid; but the youngest, who was not so rude and uncivil as the eldest, called her Cinderella.”

This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. “The whole top of the chimney was on fire… The fire was roaring in the wind and licking toward the helpless roof… Laura didn’t know what to do.” Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, etc. “The prisoners undid their coats and held them open… What did they hope to find on prisoners in the morning? The Captian kicked up a fuss. ‘You’ve got no right to strip people in the cold. You don’t know Article nine of the Criminal Code!’ They had the right, and they knew the code. Volkovey looked as black as a thundercloud and snapped at him” ‘Ten days’ solitary!’” One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

 The protagonist struggles with something inside himself  Examples: › A dilemma › Angry feelings › Overpowering memories

In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict. “Perhaps it’s still unclear how I ended up in there… I’d never seen that doctor before, but he decided to put me away after only fifteen minutes. What about me was so deranged that in less than half an hour a doctor would pack me off to the nuthouse? I wasn’t a danger to society. Was I a danger to myself? The fifty aspirin… they were metaphorical. I wanted to get rid of a certain aspect of my character.” Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness