1. Objectives Understand and identify the varying forms of conflict in a narrative. Understand and identify the varying forms of conflict in a narrative. Identify and analyze thematic elements in a narrative text. Identify and analyze thematic elements in a narrative text. Identify, understand, and illustrate exceptional qualities of narrative writing. Identify, understand, and illustrate exceptional qualities of narrative writing.

2. Literary Conflict

3. Conflict In a story, conflict is the struggle between opposing forces. In a story, conflict is the struggle between opposing forces.

4. Protagonist The main character The main character

5. Antagonist The character in conflict with the main character The character in conflict with the main character

6. External External Conflict takes place outside of the body

7. External There are multiple types of external conflict

8. Person vs. Person The struggle is between two or more characters in the story.

9. External Person 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.

10. External Person vs. Society In many stories, the protagonist battles against element of government or culture.

11. External Others include: Person vs. Technology Person vs. the Supernatural Person vs. Fate

12. Internal Internal Conflict takes place inside of the body/mind.

13. Internal There is one type of internal conflict. There is one type of internal conflict.

14. Person vs. Self The struggle or opposition is within one character--making a tough decision, for example. A character struggling to overcome fear, addiction, emotional damage or other crippling personal issue.

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

16. 1. Person vs. ?

17. 2. Person vs. ?

18. 3. Person vs. ?

19. 4. Person vs. ?

20. 5. Person vs. ?

21. 6. Person vs. ?

22. 7. Person vs. ?

23. Identify the type of conflict in the following image.

24. Discussion Question What types of conflict are in Call of the Wild? Give examples to support. What types of conflict are in Call of the Wild? Give examples to support.