Think of a conflict in a story that you’ve read recently, either in class or on your own. What type of conflict—internal conflic
t or external conflict—did the protagonist (main character) face? What did the character learn from the conflict? Was the character able to overcome the conflict? Discuss whether you think the conflict in the story is a situation that could happen in real life and if the solution would have worked in the real world.
In this type of conflict, a character finds him or herself battling between two competing desires or selves, typically one good and one evil. You won't get a more obvious example than The Call of the Wild, in which the protagonist (in this case, a dog) is torn between a domesticated self and a wild self
