Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for ECO, the Environmental Children's Organisation. We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-yea
r-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We've raised all the money to come here ourselves to come five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future. Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come. —“The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes,” Severn Cullis-Suzuki Which two quotations most clearly show Suzuki’s purpose? I am here to speak for all generations to come. Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki I have no hidden agenda. We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds to come five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways.
The opposing force may be a person or some other element. The protagonist (main character) is pitted against some other character or group of characters (antagonist). This is also called external conflict because the protagonist is pitted against a force outside of himself/herself.
