Character vs. self I think, but it could be character vs. others.
Go back to the text and re-read a passage where Watson made a discovery. If Sherlock praises him, you've got your answer. I'm sorry if this wasn't much help, but I don't have any text to go off of.
So a few years earlier no one had money to buy food that what caused world hunger.If they didn't get food fast they would die.So they had steal food or ask someone for money to get food.
The prologue's lines foreshadow the story's main plot: a tragedy between star crossed lovers. It revolves mainly around civil blood and how it will make the civil hands' unclean which is the main 'clue' of the ending of the story which is death.
Hope this helps!
The story is told in strict first-person narration
