Analysis Of Internal Conflict, The Dark Battlefield

Suspense is defined as the author withholding information or when the unexpected happens, leaving you guessing and wanting more. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, he has inserted much suspense in this short (long) story, for the reason that it makes the reader want to know more and having to mindset of excitement or surprise. Another reason he added many suspense is so that it wouldn’t be so blunt, it wouldn’t just tell us what happened it would give us details and how he got or how he did that and more.

Have you ever read a book that continued to keep you interested in what's going to happen next? You get lost in the book trying to figure out what's going to happen before reading on. This happens often in novels that have a lot of suspense like Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” or Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters In The Snow.” The fact that they both have suspense is often the only similarity people can think of. There are many similarities and differences in them both that get ignored such as similarities and differences in the plot, theme, and characters.

1) Based on your readings, in class lectures, notes and discussions, in one to two

“The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Cornell was a story which Mr.Cornell used 8 aspects of fiction to show his point of view that one who has intellect can overcome one who has intelligence or instinct. The character’s used in the story gave the author a way to make his point of view come clear to his audience. The story uses sequence of events. The plot is how the story goes about. The setting is the surroundings of the story, or where it takes place. The suspense is the temporary holding of the information to keep the reading interested, and to keep the reader guessing and wanting to know what will happen so they will continue reading your story. Foreshadowing is the readers way of telling the ‘future’, in other words the writer is

What makes a good story? Most people would say, a good story is one that entertains, inspires, and connects the reader to the plot. In order for these things to be achieved an author needs to engage their reader. How? Suspense. Many authors use suspense in their stories in order to keep readers engaged and on the edge of their seat while incorporating their message. Different styles of suspense reveal different aspects of the story including characterization, theme, and plot development. In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, the author develops suspense by establishing a lofty view of the plot, setting time constraints on characters, and showing the character's inner conflict. These techniques keep readers on

How do authors write stories that make you want to read on? This is called suspense. Authors use different kinds of suspense techniques to keep the reader engaged in the story. The short story, “Lather and Nothing Else,” by Hernando Tellez is about a barber who has a hard time deciding whether or not to kill Captain Torres, the rebel executioner. The barber thinks that killing the Captain will make him a murderer, but a hero at the same time. Hernando Tellez creates suspense by foreshadowing, showing the character’s thoughts, and by using descriptive words.

Tension and uncertainty caused by the unknown is the meaning of suspense. In “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs suspense is found. During “The Monkey’s Paw” by Jacobs suspense is created through setting, irony, and foreshadowing. Much suspense is caused by these story elements.

Between the three stories, “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” “The Flowers,” and “The Sniper.” “The Sniper” demonstrates the best suspenseful text between the three stories. To create a suspenseful story, “The Sniper” develops multiple moments of suspense. For instance one illustration of suspense in “The Sniper” is, “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk.” This is a suspenseful moment in “The Sniper” because if the sniper risks to smoke, he will be giving away his position and could be shot at by the enemy's. Another representation of suspense is, “Pressing his lips together, he took a deep breath

The border in “Just Lather, That’s all” struggled with person against self which moves the plot. As the barber thought over: “ No one deserves to have someone else make the sacrifice of becoming a murder. What do you gain by it? Nothing. Others came along and still others, and the first ones kill the second ones and they the next ones and it goes on like this until everything is a sea of blond.” When faced cruel enemy, he should killed him. However, in the barber’s view, murder is not the way to stop violence and war. It only let the violence continue, with killing the second, third and so on. This point is the transition of the plot from thinking about murdering to hesitation. The second thought of the border is that: “ I do not want blood on my hands. Just lather, that’

This example from the short story brings suspense for the reader that something will happen to the character and stop him from going

In A Separate Peace, the author chooses to use conflicts to show the growth of a character. As a conflict happens there is some sort of growth which the character gains as a result. In fact, there are many conflicts throughout the story that shape the characters in unique ways including Genes jealousy of his best friend, Finny doing dangerous things, and Gene trying to live through Finny. Some conflicts result in good ways some result in bad and it changes the way the character is. The book is a good example of what it is like when a conflict happens in real life, by showing growth of a character after a conflict. The decisions made by the characters will either change them in positive or negative ways; that is an important message that the book tells quite well.

An internal conflict in a story is usually labeled as man v. self, it is a struggle between a person and their brain or their thoughts against their thoughts. In “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket”, Jack Finney’s main character, Tom Benecke, first has to decide whether he wants to go with his wife to the movies or stay home and do his work. He tells his wife that he has to finish his work and she leaves without him. After his wife leaves a very important piece of paper flies out the window and Tom is left trying to figure out if he should climb out the window of a seven story building to get his paper or stay and try to rewrite the figures. Despite the fact that he could die, he goes out the window and has to walk on the ledge to get the paper. The suspense really builds up as he thinks about the possibility of death if he falls from seven stories above the ground, but he keeps moving. When he nears the paper he looks down to the street below him and is afraid, now he has to cope with his fear when he is

War is a dangerous game, many people would likely agree to this, however, very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war, no matter how awful we can imagine it, is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Robert Ross, the protagonist,­ faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with, and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel, he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests, through the life of Robert Ross, that one’s need to reconcile the uncertainties of past experiences dominate our actions when such situations come up again in our lives. In the words of Hiram Johnson, a US Senator during the First World War,

In the short story (Most Dangerous Game), Richard Connell states internal and external conflicts throughout the story. The main character rainsford goes through both external and internal conflicts in order to survive. When the story begins in depicts rainsford and the rest of the people on his boat having a conversation. After they have their conversation everyone goes to sleep except for rainsford. When rainsford is still awake he spots something that is suspicious to him in the water. When he tries to spot what it is he leans over the rail and falls into the water. When he is in the water he panics for a bit trying to get his boat to stop but he can’t so he swims to a nearby island in order to try and survive. When he gets to the island he searches around for something to help him survive.

Hi Abigail, I found your answer to destructive conflict patterns (pg.395) to be very interesting. I agree with you on your opinion on criticism (pg.396) being detrimental to any relationship. It is true that sometimes words hurt more than being hurt physically especially when it comes from someone we deeply care for. As for Description (pg.356) I felt also this is important learning to accept a person for their differences is very important. I think that empathy (pg.359) is also a very important part of communication and being able to be self-aware. Especially when you might use criticism (pg.396) I like how you explained it putting them to together as a kind of