1. Literary Conflict

2. External External Conflict takes place outside of the body
External vs. Internal
External
External Conflict takes place outside of the body
Internal
Internal Conflict
takes place inside
of the body/mind

3. There are three types of external conflict.

4. EXTERNAL Character vs. Character
The most straightforward type of conflict pits the protagonist directly against another character with apparently opposing aims.

5. EXTERNAL Character vs. Nature
This type of conflict pits a story's main character or characters against a natural force such as a flood, predatory animal, or disease epidemic.

6. EXTERNAL Character vs. Society
In many stories, the protagonist battles an unjust element of government or culture.

7. Internal There is one type of internal conflict.

8. INTERNAL Character vs. Self
Some literary conflicts take the form of a character struggling to overcome fear, addiction, emotional damage or other crippling personal issue.

9. Practice Decide what type of conflict is being illustrated in the following pictures.

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