Answer:
In fiction, ‘internal conflict’ refers to a character’s internal struggle. A character might struggle with an emotional problem such as fear of intimacy or abandonment, for example. Internal conflict is important for characterization, since flaws and internal struggles make characters more lifelike and sympathetic.
External conflict, on the other hand, refers to the conflicts between a character and external forces. This type of conflict can be between one character and another or a group (or between groups of characters). It can also be between a character and more abstract forces. For example, a bleak and hostile environment in a post-apocalyptic novel.
Both types of conflict, internal and external, are useful because they create:
Tension: Because of conflict’s uncertainty, we want to know how it resolves and keep turning pages to find out
Stakes: Conflict suggests worst-case outcomes and makes resolution urgent (the hero must overcome the antagonist/environment or themselves ‘or else…’)
Character development: Conflict allows for dramatic incidents and confrontations that test characters and cause them to learn and adapt
So how do you use external and internal conflict to develop characters
Explanation:
Things in quotation marks are meant to be highlighted (“”)
1 - I (noun-subject) looked (verb) “above my roof”
2 - She (noun-subject) looked (verb) “over the hill”
3 - My mom (noun-subject) went (verb) “past the other car”
4 - I (noun-subject) leaned (verb) “against the window”
5 - I (noun-subject) looked (verb) “beneath my bed”
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