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Walsh-Conflict POV
Conflict Examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A woman struggles with whether to steal so she can eat or not steal and go hungry. | Man v Self |
| Two brothers battle the Alaskan wilderness to find their way home. | Man v Nature |
| Steven must take down the king in order to save his sister. | Man v Man |
| Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white passenger, therefore standing up against racial segregation. | Man v Society |
| The values and customs by which everyone else lives are being challenged by the character. | Man v Society |
| Conflict that pits a person against another character (human or non-human). | Man v Man |
| This internal conflict says that sometimes people are their own worst enemies. | Man v Self |
| Ponyboy struggles with whether he can stay golden as a greaser. | Man v Self |
| The greasers are looked down upon because of their social class and face struggles because of how they are classified. | Man v Society |
| A man travels around the world on boat and must battle the sea to make it home safely. | Man v Nature |
| Johnny must kill Bob to save Ponyboy. | Man v Man |
| A mother has to decide which child to save from the Nazis and which child to sacrifice to the Nazis. | Man v Self |
| In this point of view the narrator is a character in the story and pronouns are used such as I, me, we when telling the story. | First Person |
| The narrator is not a character in the story and cannot see into the minds of any of the characters. | Third Person Objective |
| The narrator is not a character in the story and can see into one character's mind, but nobody else's mind. | Third Person Limited |
| The narrator is not a character in the story but is all-knowing, seeing into the minds of multiple characters. | Third Person Omniscient |
| The greasers go up against the socs in The Outsiders. | Man v Man |
| A character stands up against the government's rule that all citizens who are female cannot work. | Man v Society |
| An earthquake traps a character underground. They must fight to stay alive. | Man v Nature |
| A character struggles with his parent's divorce by acting out and becoming angry. He must find a way to accept the circumstance. | Man v Self |
| A dark elf must fight a wizard to save the townspeople. | Man v Man |
| A dark elf must show the human world that he is not evil and dishonest like the rest of dark elves. | Man v Society |
| This point of view uses the pronouns "I", "Me", "We" and "Us". These pronouns are found outside of dialogue. | First Person |
| This point of view uses the pronouns "She", "He", "They", and "Them". | Third Person |
| This point view includes the pronouns "You", and "Your" | Second Person |