Conflict In Homecoming By Charlie Snead

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There are many conflicts in the Homecoming story. One of them is Person vs. Person. This conflicts happens when Charlie Snead gets arrested by the sheriff. He killed an animal illegally and was charged with poaching. Which is what should have happened. Yes, he did the wrong thing, and yes he knew the consequences of doing what he did. Yet, it was close to Christmas. Plus, Charlie was doing something nice for a poor family. He killed the turkey, for the Spencers. He knew that Clay Spencer wasn’t home and little Clay-boy couldn’t go out in the cold and go kill something in time for dinner. Charlie went out and killed something good for them to eat even though he knew it was wrong. Another form of conflict is Person vs. Society. This form happens when Clayboy …show more content…

They were in the middle of telling the story of Jesus. They all think that Clayboy is in the church to start something with them or mess up something of theirs. Once the preacher realizes who Clayboy is, he invites him to go and sit down. Clayboy felt very out of place and he felt blue. He does not know these people and these people do not know him. He does not think that this is right. There is a whole town of people who do not know him. He just goes by what everyone else says about them which is not true.One of the other forms is Person vs. nature. When Clayboy goes out to get the Christmas tree and gets attacked by the deer, this form is shown. He goes out because his mother tells him that they need a Christmas tree. He has heard stories about the albino deer. He is going to get the tree and encounters a helpless deer. He tried and tried to help it and he did. After, he tried to help it he got attacked by it. Soon after, another deer came up and tried to stab him with its antlers. The antlers soon got stuck in the tree and the deer ran away and Clayboy got to go back home.The last form of conflict in the Homecoming story is Person vs.

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