Literary Conflict

The 6 different kinds• Man vs. Self• Man vs. Man• Man vs. Society• Man vs. Nature• Man vs. Technology• Man vs. Supernatural

Man vs. Self• Internal

conflict•Struggle

within oneself

Examples??

Man vs. Man• Between two

people• Physical or

mental/emotional• Internal or

external conflict

Examples??

Man vs. Society•A Specific group•Societal Idea or

theory•Rules and laws•Values and

morals•Establishment

Man vs. Nature•Weather•Illness•Beyond

man’s control

Man vs. Technology•AKA Man vs.

Machine

Examples??

Man vs. Supernatural

•Higher power•“The other side”•Internal or external??•Magic, fantasy, sci-fi

genres

Conflict• Conflict happens all the time,

everyday, in literature and in real life

• Conflict can have positive and negative consequences

• The important part is how conflict is solved