Hundreds of people died, and no one knew why until Eel found the unexpected case. The unexpected case that the protagonist (Eel) found, solved the main conflict in the story. The main conflict in the story was a random outbreak of the disease cholera. Deborah Hopkinson, the author, uses conflicts throughout the story. In her use of conflicts through Eel and nature, himself, other people, and the community she develops the plot. The author uses person versus nature as one of the conflicts to develop the plot. One conflict Eel experiences with nature is the epidemic. The epidemic is an outbreak of the bacterial disease cholera. A problem Eel is facing with the outbreak of cholera is that he could become contaminated by the disease, and it would more than likely kill him. “The epidemic has killed 92 people.” (113) The epidemic has hit where he lives, so he could be …show more content…
One conflict Eel deals with is being afraid. Eel is afraid he will not be able to help his friends and family. He is also afraid to be caught by his evil stepfather, and that he will not be able to find the cause of cholera. “We may learn nothing.” (137) This quote demonstrates Eel’s fear of learning nothing of cholera. Also Eel deals with conflicts with his self-confidence. Throughout the story the author gives examples of how Eel is self-conscious, and how his self-conscious emotions cause conflicts. “Excessive self-conscious emotions can be extremely unhealthy.” (Kreitzer) This quote proves that Eel’s lack of self-confidence is bad for him, and can cause conflict in his life. Eel also has conflicts with loneliness; he is usually alone. When Eel was younger both of parents died, leaving him an orphan. “Doctors and medical researchers are finding that the greatest threat to your health and longevity is isolation.” (Peterson) Eel not having parents' causes conflict in his life. The conflicts he deals with himself develops into more
This theme shows in a multitude of ways that the author utilizes throughout the story, but perhaps most significant is the central conflict
This causes a man vs. man conflict because the issue is between two or more characters pitted against each other. Also this causes a man vs. society conflict because everyone thinks of Edmond as a spy and traitor and he has to convince people that he is dead to enact his revenge.
In the story “ Tangerine”, there are many conflicts through that affect the storyline and drives it forward. These conflicts are sometimes battles between two characters, between a character and nature, and a character vs. self.
In the film Big Fish the major external conflict is that the bond between Will and Edward is very unstable and Will has lost trust in him. This is show so many times throughout the film through quotes, transitions, and symbolism. First of all a good showing of this conflict is when Josephine asks Will if he hates his father, he simply does not reply because at this point in time he is trying to figure that out himself. Through transitions we can see this because when Will is near his father he is darkened out whilst his father is lit up, showing dark versus light, bad versus good, and lack of knowledge versus knowledge. Finally another way this conflict is shown is through symbolism. After Will confronts Edward about his stories being lies
C. One conflict the character faces was when ellen came to stay with the johansens and soldiers came in to inspect their house and ellen almost got caught because of her Necklace. One example is “as the door opened and light flooded into the bedroom, she crumpled it into her hand so it would not be seen.” this shows that ellen could of been caught because the necklace would not come off her neck. The conflict was realistic to the historical time period because the natzi were involved.
This immense novel displays historical facts, unlike those of a history text book, but as if in a story. Preston is a very talented writer who understands the fundamentals of creative writing and displays the historical facts clearly and effectively. The novel immediately starts off with the spark of the Ebola virus erupting near Mount Elgon in Africa near the Zaire River. Preston tells the story of a man and his girlfriend who decide to take a vacation hike to the cave of Mount Elgon. The man’s name is Charles Monet and he is a worker in the water pump factory as an engineer and is described as a recluse who usually stays in his home along the river side. The few people who know him describe his fondness for wildlife and how he shares a “connection” with the animals. Once in a while Monet comes down to the village of Eldoret where he meets a woman to take on his journey to Mount Elgon. However, both of them are completely unaware of what they are going to uncover in the caves of Mount Elgon. While in the cave at Mount Elgon, Monet and his
What are the ways in which each major character experiences conflict (either with self, with other characters, or with the social and/or physical environment)?
Preston uses various shocking tales and interweaves factual information and scientific jargon to present his purpose. One can gather from simply reading the back cover that he plans to graphically illustrate a series of unfortunate events that led up to a lethal outbreak of deadly viruses all across the globe. By writing the novel, Preston may be
Life is like a waterslide. There are twists and turns, and ups and downs. There are rough, choppy moments and smooth, polished moments. And there is always an end to the journey. Conflict can relate to a waterslide - with many twists and turns, ups and downs. But once resolved, conflicts always come to an end. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, Rainsford faces many types of conflict, including man versus nature, man versus man, and man versus self conflicts.
We as employers are facing problems retaining key employees and keeping employee morale at a positive working level. This phenomenon is a new challenge seeking an affordable and implementable solution.
Everyone only lives once even though there is any happiness or sadness so attitude affects how a person deals with conflict. In each one’s life, they need to face their own conflicts no matter who you are because life is never be perfect. Everyone will be stronger and become better when they come over to their conflicts. In other word, conflict equal challenge. According to the movies Beast of the Southern Wild, Miss Little Sunshine and The Way Way Back, those main characters have different kinds of challenges need to overcome. However, they have tried to face it and rise to the challenge, and finally figures out the entire problem they have.
Conflicts affect the mood of the main characters in a story, by expressing the insecurities, Death,” a couple of conflicts are exposed throughout the piece. In the story “The Masque of the Red,” a couple of conflicts are expressed throughout this piece. The conflicts man versus fate and man versus himself are the conflicts that are displayed several times within this story. From major conflicts to minor conflicts, this story clarifies the problems that Prince Prospero faces within himself. In addition to Prince Prospero’s problems with himself, this story also explains the conflict of how death is uncontrollable.
Of almost human skin.” The poet has described the body parts of eel by comparing them with different things. He has also ina sense described the movement of the eel also. By saying that a flash like the poet means to say that an eel is like a lightening in the sky sans thunder. Its movement is very fast in the water and the elongated body structure accompanied by its swirling motion give the impression of a lightening flash. The cufflinks describe the eyes of the eel. By saying a fluid lick of nickel the author again signifies its body form. In the next line the poet now with more precision, describes the eyes as flat and round and dark as a dishpan. In the next line again the poet describes the eel with yet another object – lasso. Now this term is used to describe its mouth and tail. The nose of a lasso signifies the mouth of the eel and the pipe of lasso resembles the tail of the eel. Also interesting is the use of word Ouroboros. The connection of this word is in the line of almost human skin. Like snake biting its tail, the poet wants to convey that we humans are trapped in our worldly pleasures and are in an illusion. We think we are doing well for ourselves but ultimately it is us only who are harming ourselves. The trapping of human beings is also signified when the poet compares eel with things like a lasso and dishpan – that means that we are struck in the materialistic
In this essay, the bugchaser figure is what is at stake. The bugchaser embodies this type of becoming-with. As previously stated, the bugchaser’s relation with the HIV virus is more than a life-death relationship: it is an encounter of entities making new configurations, functions, and affects. In this encounter, a new resignification of life, death, toxicity, and affect is suggested. In this manner, there is neither a toxic substance outside the
The Creature rescues a young girl from drowning. This act of saving the girl from drowning was misinterpreted and the people in the town assumed that The Creature was trying to murder the girl rather than the true act of rescuing