2. Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. Self Every story has a main conflict that deals with a character vs. another character, society, nature or even himself.

3. psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense Example: Elsa from Frozen has an internal conflict with her self and accepting her powers as an Ice Queen struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot Katniss from The Hunger Games has an external conflict dealing with the Capitol and trying to win The Hunger Games.

8. Some stories deal with external AND internal conflict Some stories also deal with all four elements of conflict You Try: Take your outside reading book and decide whether is has internal, external, or both types of conflict as well as man vs. man, self, society or nature.