Types of Conflict In Literature

• Define 'conflict' and explain how it relates to literature

• ​State the two major categories of conflict and their types

• ​Isolate examples of conflict from the novel, The Skin I'm In

• ​a problem or issue

• ​a force or issue that characters face throughout the story

• ​acts as the driving force for the plot and builds tension to keep the story moving along

​What are they? What are their different types?

• ​occurs between a character and an outside force

  Character vs Character

  • ​a character conflicts with another character or a small group

• ​Character vs Nature

  • ​a character conflicts with something in nature (weather, animal, machine, disease, the supernatural, etc.)

• ​Character vs Society

  • ​a character conflicts with a larger group of people (mob) or against systems (religion, politics, beliefs, laws)

• ​conflict occurs within the character's mind

• ​Character vs Self

  • ​a character struggles with a decision, self-doubt, or they have a sense of uncertainty about a situation

  • ​is only resolved when a character makes a choice

​Can you spot which is which?

• ​Can you think of any moments from the novel, The Skin I'm In, that are representative of the types of conflict?

  • ​Character vs Character

  • ​Character vs Nature

  • ​Character vs Society

  • ​Character vs Self