Here's the ones I believe are character vs. character conflicts:
<span>1. two sisters furiously competing against each other in a spelling bee (sister vs. sister)
</span><span>3. a local activist that is trying to overthrow a corrupt leader (activist vs. leader)
</span><span>4. a fairy tale princess that is trying to escape from her captor, the evil queen (princess vs. queen)
5. a young boy clashing with his sister as they attempt to plan a birthday party (boy vs. his sister) </span>
The sand was lava, burning and flowing
Answer:
by using words with negative connotations, such as hacked and merciless
Explanation:
When the authors uses this kind of "tough" words, they want the reader to know that the passage <u>is aimed for more mature audicences</u> because it touches some <u>hard-to-swallow themes such as slavery</u>, and people getting their arms hacked with an axe when they weren't doing their job.