1. Conflict
A literary element

2. five types of conflict are recognized throughout literature

3. Man vs. Man
A conflict between two or more people.
Example: two friends get in an argument and stop speaking to each other.

4. Man vs. Nature Example: a hiker gets lost in the mountains.
A conflict between a person and an element of the natural world.
Example: a hiker gets lost in the mountains.

5. Man vs. Self
A conflict within a person.
Example: a person struggles to overcome his fear of heights.

6. Man vs. Society
A conflict between a person and the laws or beliefs of a group.
Example: a person goes to the capital and protests a new law.

7. Man vs. Fate
A conflict between a person and God or the gods.
Example: a ancient Greek hero fights Poseidon, the god of the sea.

8. What kind of conflict is it?
A family loses its home in a hurricane.
Man vs. Nature

9. What kind of conflict is it?
A person running from the police is caught and arrested.
Man vs. Society

10. What kind of conflict is it?
A superhero’s destiny is to fight against the bad forces.
Man vs. Fate

11. What kind of conflict is it?
A recent high-school graduate is struggling to decide which college to go to.
Man vs. self

12. What kind of conflict is it?
A teenager disagrees with her school’s dress code, so she organizes a letter- writing campaign against it.
Man vs. Society