Lorenzo's Oil Analysis

The main conflict in the story, Farewell to Manzanar, the external conflict begins with one provocation: the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sunday, December 7, 1941. This kind of conflict happens between the protagonist and society. On this day, Papa and his crew are headed out on a commercial fishing trip. Jeanne, her mother and the other woman wave goodbye from shore, and bid them safe travels. Though before the boat can disappear into the horizon, it is turned around under suspicion of providing oil to Japanese submarines. A passerby alerts them of the harbor's attack. Just days later Papa is detained, and Jeanne's internal conflict begins.

One was in the beginning of the book, Greta was separated from Papa and Dominic. This conflict was resolved in the end when they were all reunited. The second conflict occurred while in the tunnel escaping. German officers had found the tunnel and were trying to stop them. One of the officers that actually came with them to help, was shot and killed while his wife and child made it through. It was resolved by them making it through the tunnel and escaping to the West. The Climax began when Peter, (Anna’s brother), was killed trying to escape. This carried mostly until Mama had come home and started to help digging. It ended right before Greta and her family went into the tunnel. In the end, Greta, her family, Anna, and her family, and the officers family got through to West

In these stories there were many types of conflict. There were internal and external conflicts. For example one was when Tarquine and Lancelot had to fight to the death because Sir Lancelot killed Tarquine’s brother. Another example was the love that Lancelot and Lady Guinevere had but, they could not be together because Lady Guinevere is married to King Arthur. Lastly in this story there were a lot of conflicts and problem. In the end all of them were solved, maybe not the they wanted but they were solved.

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)?

Example from the book – Tris and Al had the one major conflict, when Al tried to fit in, and Tris doesn’t accept that, which leads to his death. This conflict was a very major point, when you realized the harshness that Tris had used.

It is difficult to isolate the play’s conflict to anything other than on a thematic level. Every time a conflict has a potential of presenting itself, the fantasy element

With a lot of character, there are quite a number of conflicts happened inside the movie. The first kind is the man against himself conflict. This kind of conflict can be seen from the argument between Benjamin and Gabriel that resulted in Benjamin questioning his own resolves. Benjamin also had the same kind of conflict when he was devastated by the death of Gabriel.

This theme shows in a multitude of ways that the author utilizes throughout the story, but perhaps most significant is the central conflict

According to Ann Charters in The Short Story and its Writer, "conflict is the opposition presented to the main Character of a narrative by another character, by events or situations, by fate, or by some aspect of the protagonist's own personality or nature. The conflict is introduced by means of a complication that sets in motion the rising action, usually toward a climax and eventual resolution" (Charters 1782).

185). The conflict arises when his persona undergoes a change and loses its strength since he becomes an immigrant in a country that does not value him as much as he expects. At this point, other three parts of his psyche starts to reveal his unrevealed emotions such as fear, violence and depression.

For example, he has a loving family who would always be there to support him. In conclusion, the conflicts in the story, person versus society and person versus self, show the need to be optimistic during tough times.

One the largest source of tension in the novel in the animosity that Gabriel feels toward John. The world choice in both

Another scene that shows an example of conflict was when Toula?s parents find out she is seeing a man who happens to not be Greek. Ian Miller (her boyfriend) and Toula?s father are arguing in the dining room, while Toula and her mother sit in the kitchen listening. The conflict begins because both Toula?s father and her boyfriend want different things. Toula?s father does not want Toula to have a boyfriend, while Ian wants to continue to see Toula. Like the first conflict, two people

After reading and analyzing this tale, one might argue that the main conflict had more effect on the characters, than the plot of the story. Throughout the tale, the characters are affected by the conflict, however, this ties into the effect that the conflict had on the story overall. The characters didn’t necessarily change, but the sequence of events did. The conflict made up the plot, however it didn’t make up the characters. The characters carried themselves, it’s the way they went about things whenever certain events occurred in the story. The plot

In Oil on Water, Helon Habila, the author, uses his characters’ backgrounds and experiences to illustrate how corruption affects individuals and communities. The novel is set in the Niger delta. The two main characters are journalists who have personalities which strongly contrast with each other. Rufus is an idealist and Zaq is a jaded veteran reporter. Rufus, unlike Zaq, grew up in the delta and is personally connected to the communities. The story follows Rufus and Zaq on an assignment to find “the White Woman,” but ultimately, Habila uses his characters to tell a much more complex tale of environmental devastation and destruction of communities as a result of oil company corruption and greed.