1. Types of Conflicts

2. A problem that characters face in a story.
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. Two girls fight over a boy
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...

8. Person Versus Technology -The main character resists technological forces. -May battle rouge robots or hostile computers. -May just struggle to accept or use the technology of a changing world. Example: Ms. Sam trying to learn how to use Ipads for her class