External Conflict In Boys N Da Hood

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1a. External conflict consists of physical violence or death. Insidious would be considered external conflict due to Elise’s death. She would go into the dark world and help people get rid of demons and unhealthy spirits that are not wanted. A bad experience caused her to lay low for a while, but she did it again and a spirit choked her to death. Another example of external conflict would be Boys N Da Hood. Boys n da hood deals with the death of a close friend that was shot to death. The boy had such a bright future and it all ended when he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

1b. internal conflict is what is going on inside of the character. An example of internal conflict would be found in the movie Whitney Huston. Whitney had a lot …show more content…

A internal conflict that I struggle with is feeling guilty or feeling as though I am responsible for my friend’s suicide. I fought her at school then everyone started to bully her after that leading her to action.

3c. I experienced a lot of person versus person conflicts, but one person versus person conflict I would like to share with you is when my brother and I would be forced to fight outside every day after school. Our parents said that it would make us tough. We would go to school with black eyes and busted noses then try to fight people at school for fun.

3d. A situation where I was faced with person versus nature conflict is when I was a run away and I slept on the streets during the winter facing the cold weather and rainy days with no umbrellas or protection against the weather.

3e. a person versus society conflict that I have lived by is being called these terrible names for having boyfriends when I was young and when I kissed them. Society sees it as being wrong if a girl does it, but if a guy does it is cool and that means that he is cool.

3f. when I have nightmares I tend to dream of person versus supernatural conflict. I have these awful dreams about my great grandmother’s spirit coming after me and attacking me. Sometimes I am so scared to go to bed that I try to force myself to stay

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