Comparing Tension and Conflict in Things Fall Apart and Clear Light of Day

In the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, there are many internal and external conflicts that take place. One of the main conflicts is Gene vs. himself. Gene has a self conflict regarding almost everything in his school life and his friends. Gene’s roommate, Finny, believes that him and Gene are best friends, on the other hand, Gene believes Finny is sabotaging him with his studies. While living in this fake reality, Gene decides to jostle the tree limb and Finny loses his balance and falls off the tree. This adds on to another conflict, Finny vs. Reality. Finny has a hard time believing reality. Gene tries to confess to Finny that he pushed Finny out of the tree, however Finny does not want to believe what Gene did to him so Finny tells Gene that he did not intentionally do it.

The novel, Into Thin Air, is written by Jon Krakauer. The novel was published by Villard Books in 1997 and copyrighted in 1997 by Jon Krakauer. It is considered a non-fiction novel and has also been made into a movie in 2015. It has 301 pages.

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.

Romeo and Juliet is a story based on conflict. The conflict in the story is Capulet against Montague. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (1.Prologue.1-4).” The grudge between the two families has led to fighting and even death.

Thesis Statement (What is the most important conflict?): _The most important conflict in “A Long Walk to Water” is mMan vs. sSelf because Salva is battling his own fight mentally. Most people close to him had either died or their whereabouts were unknown, but the strength of his family and friends screamed for him to carry on making him what he is today. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Good Braider by Terry Farish is a story about a smart,driven and ambitious girl named Viola who is in a difficult situation. She lives in a refugee camp in Juba,Sudan that is surrounded by rebels soldiers that will kill any and everyone for no reason, so she lived in fear not knowing if her or someone from her family would get brutally murdered. Viola has an uncle that lives in Maine in the United States, so Tereza(Viola’s mother) creates a plan to run away and get on a government plane that travels to the U.S.. Viola just wanted a better life for herself and her family. They finally made it to America, where it was very hard for Viola and her family to adjust. The culture, the language and actually feeling free. It was something they were not used to. As time went by, Viola met people from school that she became very close, but her mother wanted to run her like she did when they lived in Sudan and it causes a little tension.

In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, he shares his story of his experience through World War Two. Through his experiences, he experiences both internal and external conflicts. The conflicts he experienced include ideas of dehumanization, loss, and physical changes.

In the short story "Traplines" the writer, Eden Robinson, shows the internal conflict the main character, Will, has trouble in finding his true identity by showing his relationships with the Smythe's, his family, and his friends.

In the book Allegiant, by Veronica Roth, there is one big conflict that causes the other conflicts throughout the book. The big conflict is that the Allegiant are uprising against Evelyn and the Factionless. The Bureau is in charge of the city, but the citizens do not know that they exist. To stop everyone from killing themselves, the Bureau decides to reset everyone's memories with the memory serum. Tobias joins an uprising against the Bureau. After the uprising, he realized that they were trying to find the death serum. Tobias felt bad for taking part in the rebellion and Tris was on the verge of breaking up with him. Then, Tris forms her own group and plans to save the city from the memory serum. One problem is that in order to save the city, Caleb has to die because of the death serum. Tobias and the others were trying to settle the dispute between his mother, Evelyn, and his father, Marcus. Instead of Caleb dying, Tris

Muhammad Ali once said,"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two." In few places is this more evident than in the novel, A Separate Peace. One of the many themes in the book is rivalry and jealousy: Jealousy creates rivalry, which drives people apart; leading to emptiness and sorrow. In the story Finny, and his athletic ability, are the sword; and Gene, with his intellectual ability, the pen. This rivalry creates something, "ignorant and blind" inside Gene that jounced that limb.

The passage,"Night''is a novel written by Elle Wiesel.It is mainly about a boy who had faith in a God only to question his faith after witnessing many deaths.Throughout the novel the author uses the literary element of internal conflict.An internalconflict is the struggle occuring within a character's mind.The author uses internal conflict to develop the central idea how maintaining faith is difficult.

The quote "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." by Einstein held a pronounced attribution on why he became such an influential person in the communal world. As he says Our impulsivity generated an assured situation ;and even with the unsurpassed intention can easily create an even bigger problem, as we have to face it in the present day, that the way we thought would be correct leads to a negative aftermath, the elucidation, is that when we form a certain conflict, in order to resolve it we must change the we deliberate it , and "think outside the box " to find a new and creative approach to fix it, because we can't do that if we still think in the inadequate way that caused the problem in the first place. The reason I chose this particular quote was because you can relate

The small setting of the room, few props and the heat, along with camera levels, builds tension and releases it throughout 12 Angry Men. Towards the beginning tension is put in to play as the setting of film is in a small, un-airconditioned room on a hot summer day. Throughout the film the jurors comment on the weather which effects certain juror’s moods. Juror number 7 says “This is the hottest day of the year. You'd think they'd at least air-condition the place.” The heat irritates and agitates most of the jurors, resulting in clashes of moods, further adding to the tension. Throughout the film the camera level goes from above eye level to eye level, increasing the tension by showcasing more reactions and emotions during intense scenes.

A View From The Bridge examining tension and conflict within the play. The two scenes that I have chosen for my coursework, which I think are exciting and interesting are: 1) End of act one Pg 38-42 2) End of play Pg 59-64

That when he speaks not like a citizen, you find him like a soldier. Do not take he rougher accents for malicious sounds,