Answer: It is not meant to be a sad type of poem it is supposed to be a kind of ''homey'' type of poem.
Explanation:
I believe they are common because people believe that is where we could be headed. Will we run society into the ground, or will we prosper? Will the society be a "Divergent" or "Giver" society or will it exist as it does today? Since we have no way of knowing, we pretend we do.
In this excerpt from "The Diary of Anne Frank", the type of conflict that is shown is character vs. character.
They have just received a pie and are about to divide it into eight pieces. Mr. Dussel says "Mrs. Frank divides things better." Mrs. Van Daan wants to know what Dussel is insinuating by saying this. Conflicts are a very important part of literature. The characters must go through various hardships in order to keep the reader engaged. This type of conflict is character vs. character, it clearly means a conflict between two people.
The last sentence is absolutely incorrect, I would say both "There are 1,000,000 people living in the city." and "There are one million people living in the city" are correct.
Because stray cats take over.