1. Person vs. Fate/God: A person's internal struggle with larger external factors such as Fate
2. Person vs. Self
A person’s struggle with his or her own prejudices or doubts or character flaws constitutes this type of conflict (Hamlet).
3. Person vs. Person: Any story featuring a hero and a villain or villains (The Count of Monte Cristo) represents this type of conflict, though the villain(s) is/are often representative of another antagonist (the opp. for protagonist).
4. Person vs. Society
When the protagonist’s conflict is about confronting institutions, traditions, or laws of his or her culture, he or she struggles to overcome them, either triumphing over a corrupt society (I draw a blank here), rejecting it (Fahrenheit 451), or giving into to it (1984).
5. Person vs. Nature
In this conflict, the protagonist is pitted against nature (Robinson Crusoe) or a representation of it, often in the form of an animal (Moby Dick).
6. Person vs. Supernatural: Conflict with the supernatural or a struggle with a constructed alter ego (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).
7. Person vs. Technology: characters use technology to gain power or in which technology takes over or becomes an evil on society (Brave New World).
Homework: Choose one type of narrative conflict, and write your own narrative (personal story) that highlights how that conflict was created.
Your narrative should be 100-200 words. Consider addressing the following:
1) What things, events, or people brought on that conflict
2) How you may have resolved it
3) A reflection of how you resolved it (was it the best method to resolve the conflict? Could you have done something else?)
