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 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: an alcoholic struggles to overcome his addiction.

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 what is suppose to happen regardless of what you try to do to prevent it. It is usually in the hands of a 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. Man

10. What kind of conflict is it?  A man blames God for the death of his wife, so he stops attending church and praying.  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