Types of Conflicts
What is a conflict?
A problem that characters face in a story.
Often the climax of the story is connected
to the solution to a conflict.
There are five types of conflicts.
Person Vs. Self
When a character has problem inside of
themselves, an internal conflict
Examples
A small boy trains to make the team
A girl learns to respect herself
Person Vs. Person
When a character has a problem with
another character
Example
Two girls fight over a boy
Person Vs. Nature
When a character has a problem with
weather, animals, or hunger.
Example
An Eskimo must fish in extreme cold to
feed his baby.
Person Vs. Society
A character struggles against an issue
affecting an entire community.
Examples
A woman refuses to move to the back of a
bus because of the color of her skin.
A group of students fight the school over
the dress code.
Person Vs. Supernatural
A character has a problem with ghosts,
monsters, or things not of this world.
Super = Beyond
Natural = this world
Example
A child thinks that his house is haunted...