Blog Response #10
Conflict--Every book has some sort of conflict that pulls the reader in and keeps the reader reading. Conflict can be person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. self, person vs. society, or person vs. the supernatural. Identify the primary conflict in your novel. Who or what is involved with the main conflict? What is the conflict? How does your character handle himself/herself when faced with this conflict? How does this conflict add to the story line of your novel? How is the conflict resolved and what is the outcome?
In the book "It Ends with Us", by Collen Hoover, there are multiple conflicts. The main character Lilly is struggling with her past, along with her relationship with her deceased father, along with a new relationship with a guy she recently met. She thought when her father passed away, she was free from abuse, but abuse returns to her life. Lilly goes to those close to her that she feels the most comfortable around for support. The conflicts add to the story from the very beginning, and they never leave the story until the end of the book. (I don't want to give away too much)
ReplyDeletewhere did the abuse continue from
DeleteFirst off, this book sounds very interesting, and it seems like the beginning of your book and mine are kind of alike. in mine Kya's father was very abusive to her mother and then her siblings. Kya meets a man that only uses her and if he doesn't get what he wants he is abusive towards her. Was Lilly's father only abusive to her or was its other people as well? Also is Lilly's new boyfriend abusive to her as to why the abuse has returned.
DeleteIn my book, Lia is also struggling with death. Her friend was found dead and she feels haunted by her. Does Lilly feel better when she goes to those she trusts or was she still struggling?
DeleteI love Colleen Hoover books, and this one seems very interesting. Would you reccommed reading this book?
Deletein the book Basher five two the main conflict in the book is when Scott gets shot out of the air and has to survive the landing and the solders that are hunting him. What Scott did to not get caught was put this tarp over him and lay in a hole during the daytime to the Serbs wouldn't see him, and he only moved at nighttime so they wouldn't see him as easily. the way he got out of the woods is to wait until a jet flew over and see if he could get a radio signal and he finally got one so the us marines and air force came together, and they flew bunch of helicopters in to pick him up from the woods he was in
ReplyDeleteDo you think scott will make it out of the situation alive?
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DeleteI am reading the book night and the conflict going on in the book is Elie being held in the concentration camps with little water and food. the people causing the confit is the Nazis. Elie try's staying strong because he still has his dad with him. the conflict makes the whole story line because it wouldn't be a good book without it.
ReplyDeleteWould you say that there are other smaller conflicts that would benefit Elie? if so what would they be? I really liked the book when i read it. Im not sure if you like it or not, but good book.
DeleteI'm reading the book basher five two and my character can relate to yours because he was stranded in the woods with very little food and water.
DeleteAgree with everything you said about the book. It just wouldn't be a book worth reading otherwise.
DeleteMy book is very similar since my main character is also trying to survive the camps. What keeps your character alive, wanting to make it through their struggle, or something else?
DeleteIm reading the book the alchemist, and in the alchemist the main character faces some conflicts about this book. First it was himself, not following his dreams, then it was money. Now, he met a beautiful women that he wants to marry. Basically he is his own conflict. He stops himself from his dream of getting the money near the pyramids... from an actual dream.
ReplyDeletedo you think your main character will eventually stop getting in his own way
Deletedo you think he will ever start to follow his dreams?
Deletein the book night the main conflict is person vs society the nazis are comitting mass genocide against the jews and elie is being sent to concentration camps with his family trying to stay together
ReplyDeleteI also thought that the conflict in the book night was the jews getting killed by the nazis.
DeleteWhat is the outcome of this conflicts between the Nazis and Elie? Do you think Elie will be able to keep his whole family together?
DeleteI also said that the conflict in night was the Jews being killed by the Germans.
DeleteI think the conflict is person vs self because Elie has to battle with himself mentally everyday but i can see where you get person vs society.
DeleteThis sounds a lot like my book when Catherine is trying to keep her and her sisters kids together.
DeleteIn the book shoot your shot the conflict is not being able to reach your goal the character has many different ways how how to accomplish your goals saying such as that is doesn't matter where you come from or where you grew up as long as you have the right mindset you can get anything you want in life.
ReplyDeletethe goal my character faced was to prove his innocence he overcame it by escaping prison but everyone knew the truth but wouldn't free him he eventually escaped prison and helped his best friend out too in the end he realized as long as you never give up you will achieve the impossible
DeleteThis sounds like a very interesting book I wish I would of picked it.
DeleteThis book sounds similar to my book, The Carpenter. The story has an internal conflict and the main character is forced to learn strategies for managing stress and maintaining success.
Deletein the book night Elie is being held at a concentration camp by the nazi soldiers with little to no food or water. The nazis are causing the conflict by doing everything that they did to Elie and his father but he stays strong and gets through it all.
ReplyDeletehas there been a resolution for the conflict yet, if not what do you think the resolution will be?
DeleteMy book is similar, since the main character is just trying to survive the concentration camps also. He just wants to live to see the next day.
DeleteDo you think that both Elie and his father will get out alive?
DeleteWhat is pushing Ellie and his father to survive? i would almost just give up.
DeleteIn the book Prisoner B- 3087 the conflict is that the Germans send all Jews under their control to concentration camps. They are worked very hard with very little food, and in constant threat of dying. The main character knows that in order to survive he has to blend in with the other prisoners. He handles the conflict about as well as most would suspect, at times he wishes he would just be killed, and other times he wants to survive and fight to stay alive. He knows that the war is ending soon, and that he just has to keep living day by day.
ReplyDeletemy book basher five two also relates to your book because Scott also has a constant threat of dying because Hes being hunted by solders after shot down in his jet
Deletein my book night the Germans sent the Jews to camps and made them work for little food and water
Deletemy main character wants to die too but he fights for his freedom by helping the warden and eventually steals all the money he had "made" for the warden and gives away 1,000 of it
DeleteThat is the same as my book "night". in my book the main character also sometimes has no will to live but he always remembers that he needs to stay with his father.
DeleteYour book is very similar to my book with the camps and jews working hard for very little food.
DeleteYour book is similar to mine Night they are forced to work and barely get anything in return,
DeleteI have read this book as well and agree with your thoughts on the conflict my book has a similar conflict as well.
DeleteIn Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens the very first and most important conflict is about the main characters family. The main character is Kya. Kya's father is an abusive drunk and eventually the mother has gotten sick of dealing with him and left. After the mother left then Kya's siblings left as well leaving Kya all alone with her father. But now her father has not showed up at the house for a while leaving Ky all by herself. With her whole family gone she has to find/make food by herself and just learn how to survive. A normal person would go and ask for help but not Kya. Kya won't/ can't ask for help because she is an outcast living on the marsh and if she asks for help, nobody will. Her family, mainly her father, has told her not to go by people and to stay away from people because they are no good so that is why she can't ask for help. So, the conflict is a very big part if this book, showing that Kya may be young, but she is still capable of doing many things.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a pretty interesting conflict. Is there anything that keeps you hooked reading the novel like is there anything that kyas runs into trying to live by herself? Like obstacle's that she faces. How do you think the conflict will be resolved and what will be the outcome?
DeleteYour book sounds very interesting, I've heard of this book and know there is a movie as well. Abuse seems to be a main conflict in many books. The main character in my book is names Lilly, and her father was also very abusive to her mother. The only difference is Lillys Mother put up with it and never left.
Deletein my book the only family that still exists is found families due to the fact all the parents were turned in to zombies.
DeleteWhile reading how did you think the book was going to end? I would hope that Kya is able to live and make a life for herself.
Deletein my book the conflict is that Andy is in prison convicted of murder and he is innocent so he tries to find a way to get out of prison and makes friends with a man named red who gets him whatever he wants as long as he can pay for it he utilizes him to get ahold of a rock hammer and over the 19 years Andy is in prison he gets out by digging a hole under a poster red had gotten him until he finally got out and changed his name and moved to Mexico and helped red get out too and gave him a note which led to another one which was paired with a thousand dollars and the note told red to visit "andy" in mexico under his new name peter
ReplyDeletewhat is the outcome of this conflict? and if the conflict hasn't been resolved yet then how do you think it will be resolved?
DeleteIn the book, The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson, Gracie, Hayley's best friend, tries to kill herself by jumping off a bridge, but before she could, Hayley stopped and saved her from ending her own life.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think the conflict resolved and what will be the outcome? Like in my book its if hopefully Bonnie ends up coming home.
DeleteI think that Gracie is going to go to therapy, so she gets help with her suicidal thoughts.
DeleteIn Night I would say that the conflict would be person vs person as well as person vs society. The person vs person aspect would be because of the jews turning against each other as well as the guards beating on and mistreating the jews. The person vs society would be a result from Hitlers influence and perception on jews making them a target in their society. The conflict the jews have with each other is survival. They attack each other and would kill one another for a peace of bread. The guards on the other hand just abuse their authority and do what they please to the jews. When Elie faces conflicts with the other prisoners he tries to settle and make peace by offering bread and such. When faced with conflicts with guards he conforms and does whatever it takes to survive. These conflicts show how harsh conditions were and without conflict this book wouldn't exist. In Night, the conflict does not get resolved. Elie looses his entire family, receives harsh beatings, is deprived of food and sleep and can not recognize himself in a mirror.
ReplyDeleteI think having to turn against your own people is a pretty sad situation to be in. Never been there or done that but if I had to turn against someone who shared a similarity with me, then I would feel a betrayal towards myself.
Deletein the gunslinger the main conflict is our main character chasing someone we know only as the man in black. while Roland chases the man in black, he meets many people, and he has to discern if they are being manipulated by the man in black or if they aren't. this manipulation even forces Roland to slaughter an entire village to save his own life. Roland generally stays composed when confronted with conflict but loses some control when he actually encounters the man in black. the conflict currently makes up the storyline as well. I'm not done yet, so it has yet to be resolved.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Louie does not know if it is the right thing to knock the other team's player out just because hit is some hot stuff and the team can't stop them, but someone one on the team does and Louie lost his mind on the reefs and on his coach. he ended up getting suspended for his actions and he quit football. Louie is a great football player and ends up dropping out his senior year of high school all over a big hit in the game. The outcome for him is he would have more free time and worked.
ReplyDeleteI read this book as my first book, and I agree that Louie could have handled the situation and that he made the right choice of doing what he did because he stood up for the other player.
DeleteThe main conflict in my book, Running Loose, is when the football coach tells the team to injure the opponent’s player, so they can win the game easily. The main character Louie and his coach are involved with this conflict. Louie thinks that there is no reason to injure the player on the other team because he wants to beat the team at their best. When one of Louie’s teammates injured the opposing team’s star player, Louie freaked out on the sideline. He screamed at the ref and then got in the coach’s face and eventually stormed off the field and quit the football team. This conflict affects Louie’s reputation at school, now only a few people will talk to him and without football, he has to find other things to do in his free time. The conflict wasn’t really resolved, nobody questioned the coach and Louie quit the team because he couldn’t handle what the coach had them do.
ReplyDeleteI would say that the conflict in Chinese Handcuffs falls under person vs person. Jen's problems arise from her stepdad abusing her but so far she hasn't done anything about it because he threatened to hurt her loved ones. Dillon's problems are similar in terms of it being a person vs person. His problems are due to his brother and his relationships with other people. For example, he has a little bit of conflict with Caldwell, the school principal, when he gets into an argument with him and he gets suspended for 3 days. He only gets on Caldwell's nerves again by wearing an innapropriate shirt when he comes back. I think his way of handling conflict is a bit strange, he doesn't really do anything to handle it, he just makes something petty out of it.
ReplyDeleteIn my book it is also person v. person with Lia and her family. Do you think these conflicts will be solved or more added over time
DeleteI would strongly agree with you. I have read this book and all of the issues that arised were person vs person.
DeleteThe main conflict in Wintergirls is between the main character, Lia, and her family. Lia is suffering from an eating disorder, and she doesn't want to gain weight because she sees herself as fat even if she has one thing to eat. Lia's mom, dad, and stepmom try and support her and get her help, but Lia sees it as being unhelpful, a waste of money, and making it worse. After hurting herself, Lia is put in the hospital again but when she is stable enough to go home, she leaves her family and goes to a motel with her friend Elijah. Another conflict arose when Elijah left Lia by herself with no food and $20. Lia was forced to figure out how to live. She was very close to death when she realized that she didn't want to die so she called her mom, and she got help and put in the work to get better so she could return home.
ReplyDeletethe conflict in my book the summer i turned pretty one of the main conflicts is Belly not knowing who she wants to date. throughout the book belly has feeling for her moms bestfriends son Conrad. he doesnt show hes into her so she meets a new guy Cam but belly starts to catch more feeling for conrad farther in the book. shes stuck between the boy she grew up with or the boy she met this summer.
ReplyDeleteHey Kaitlyn, I watched this series on Amazon Prime, and it's one of my favorite shows to date. In my book the main character Lilly also meets a new boy name Ryle while her old boyfriend seems to keep popping up in the strangest situations.
DeleteMy book also has conflict about relationships, what would Belly's best choice be?
DeleteDo you think she'll choose Conrad just because she's known him longer?
DeleteIn my book " Goodbye Perfect" by Sara Barnard. The main conflict of the book is between Eden and Bonnie the two main characters. Eden tells the story. But in the beginning of the novel them two were best friends never were apart from each other. But little did eden know that Bonnie the good student all A student was sneaky around with their teacher. Someone completely shifted in Bonnie and she decided to run away with the teacher. The conflict is that she runs away telling no one not her parents, eden or anyone. Bonnie texts Eden actually telling eden that she ran away and told den to promise her to tell no one that she's texting her. Now the police is all over Eden trying to get answers on where they are. Everyone is very confused why Bonnier is not texting eden. So she says that anyway. Handles this conflict by hoping Bonnie comes back home.
ReplyDeleteThis book is a lot like mine because the characters think they know each other but deep down they dont. Eden doesnt truly know who Bonnie is and Nick doesnt truly know who Amy is. There whole relationship has been a lie between cheating and framing him for murder.
DeleteIn my book Night. The conflict that the main character is facing is the constant option of death he faces. Being in the labor camps and being threatened to be killed if they do not work to the standards the SS want is a horrible conflict that the main character faces day after day. He faces the conflict by just doing whatever the SS asks of him and doing it to the absolute best of his ability in hopes it is good enough to stay alive. This adds to story line because at any moment they could possibly shoot him and when it seems like that might happen it makes you keep reading to see if that really does happen or if he figures out how to stay alive.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that they will eventually get out of the work camps and live.
Deletein my book the main character wants to be a bull rider just like his dad. his mom said that he is not going to ride bulls because his dad died from a bull. he tries to convience his mom to let him ride bulls. she never gave into letting him.
ReplyDeleteDo you think the main character will ride bulls with out his mom's permission?
DeleteDo you think he will continue trying to ride bulls or just give up.
Deletedoes he every get to ride a bull, or go behind his mother's back and ride??
DeleteDo you think he will listen to his mother?
DeleteI am reading the book night and the main conflict is Elie being in the concentration camp. The people in the conflict are the Jews and the Nazis. Elie is trying to stay strong and keep going during this conflict. The of the concentration camp is the main part of the story and with out it there would be no story.
ReplyDeletewhat happens in the concentration camp? Why is Elie trying to stay strong and keep going?
DeleteIn the book and the trees crept in the conflict is Catherine and the woods and how she thinks they are haunted. She stays inside the woods where no so called monster can touch her and it helps with the story line because it is showing her and how she lives in the woods ever since she closed the orphanage up. Silla finally one days goes out into the woods and nothing happens to her like Catherine said was going to happen.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night the conflict that the main character Eliezer is facing is the fact that he could die at and time and his family dying. He was already separated from everyone besides his dad so he doesn't know what could happen anyway. How he faces is the conflict is by just doing what he is told and helping his dad as much as possible. It makes you want to keep reading because you necer know what could happen to him.
ReplyDeletein my book, the enemy, every one of my characters are also able to die at any time and struggle to grapple with it.
DeleteMy book has the same sort of tone and conflict Hideki is faced with death all the time and doesn't know how long he will live.
Deletein my book, the enemy, the main conflict is that there are thousands of undead roaming the world and only children left to survive. they walk out scrounging for food and losing a person a day, every day. not only are people infected but anything similar to humans, chimps, apes, all of them are also the living dead. the only other conflict is that of control, control over food, control over others, control over London itself. the characters, Maxxie, Sam, the don't take it very well, panicking, running, and sometimes going into slight delusions. the conflict adds the whole story, no zombies, no book.
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Carpenter by Jon Gordan. The main conflict is an internal conflict within Michael, the man character. He is dealing with the stress of starting a business and it is starting to affect his health. Throughout the story Michael continues to struggle but with the help of the carpenter who saved his life, he is able to learn how to manage his stress and be successful.
ReplyDeleteIn my book i also have the author facing internal conflict, she is stressing about how if what she is doing is right and if she is doing things respectfully, i don't think she is under the stress Michael is under but is the same.
DeleteIn my book Kobe has to manage his stress and the work load he puts on his body, he learns to listen to his body and not stress over the things he can't control.
DeleteIn my book there is not that much of a conflict, i think the most it is is the authors internal conflict with the things she sees, like she wanted to slap the tourist that went to close to the guy and the sacrificial cow. She wanted to hit her because she was taking pictures during a ritual for the dead man. Also she had a conflict when she held a sacred object that contained human remains, like she was holding something that was apart of someone that was not properly taken care of she was upset they did not get the chance to get too there final resting place,
ReplyDeleteSince your book is about death, I think a good conflict that the author could have talked about is what people believe happens after death. A lot of cultures tend to have an idea of heaven and hell and having the author talk about the idea of hell across different cultures would be cool. I think your book focuses more on the way the living cope with death so maybe that wouldn't work in this case
Deleteim reading the girl who was supposed to die, the conflict in the book involves a girl with no memory and being cased by people she thinks want to kill her. she had to fight to try to fighter out why they want to kill her. she had to hide and has no clue where her parents are. nor where she even is. Shes as good as i would be in this situation because it's very hard to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI also read this book, while reading did you think she was a mentally ill escape or did you think she was an innocent girl with people out to get her? I didn't expect the ending that it had and thought she dealt with her situation very well.
DeleteIn the book I'm reading, the main conflict is that Kenna is unable to see her daughter because Kenna went to jail for killing Scotty who is the kids dad. The character doesn't handle it very well because she just wants to see her daughter but Scotty's parents are taking care of Diem. Scotty's parents don't like Kenna because they don't know her side of the story and think that she just killed Scotty.
ReplyDeleteWhat book are you reading?
DeleteIn my book, The Girl Who was Supposed to Die, there is both person vs. self and person vs. person conflict. The main character forgets all her memories and who she is after learning about the death of her brother. She then has to fight the people that are out to get her and the lies she's being told, while also having to relearn who she is and who is right.
ReplyDeleteWhich conflict do you believe is the worst or is going to be the hardest to overcome?
DeleteMy book has the same conflicts which makes it really interesting because it adds suspense i believe.
DeleteMy book is somewhat similar, but not really, Kobe has to compete against the people who are out to make him fail, or beat him
DeleteDo you think Sydney feels bad for Ridge's girlfriend because Ridge likes Sydney now?
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night the main conflict is the Nazis putting all the jews in concentration camps. Elie is the main character in the conflict and has to survive the camp with little food and water. Elie tries to be strong about everything and him being with his dad yet is helping him. If Elie was never in the camps there would be no conflict or story.
ReplyDeleteI agree i just wonder how Elie pushed himself to survive. so much happens just in those 130 pages.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading gone girl and i think the main conflict is person vs person and person vs self because it is mainly about the two main characters, Nick and Amy, and how their relationship changed. The main conflict is that Amy is afraid of Nick so she had a conflict with herself and plans her disappearance. This conflict adds to the storyline because all of the details leading up to her disappearance make you curious and make Nick look guilty.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict in my book is person vs person and person vs society. Kobe Bryant is trying to be the best. In the book he talks about how it drives him to always be ahead of the competition, and how he challenges himself and his opponents, to play their best when on the court against him. He aims to kill everyone that steps in front of him on that basketball court and aims to play at his highest to show them he is in control of the game, not them.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Grenade by: Alan Gratz, the major conflict of the book is ww2. The Okinawans are caught in the middle of the war between japan and America and with nothing to do they are forced to fight. Hideki the main character faces the conflict by fighting the war like he is told but it comes to a point were he gets to scared and has to run. He runs to find one thing, his sister who had went missing during the war. Hideki faces this conflict by avoiding it at all cost and this soon makes him brave enough to get through the war. The conflict adds a big part of the story without it there would not be much going on and they would all have normal lives.
ReplyDeleteI am reading The Justice Project by Michael Betcherman and the major conflict is when Matt injures his leg and is able to play no more sports. This ruins his plans to go to college and play football. With his college dreams ruined, Matt gets a job at The Justice Project, an organization that is dedicated to fighting injustice and freeing wrongfully convicted criminals. Also, his coach gave Matt a job as the head quarterback coach.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Terror At The Zoo and the main conflict in this book is jow they are going to escape the man inside the zoo that is trying to steal the animals and sell them on the black market. The man is stalking the kids earlier in the day while the zoo was open and when it closes and its left with only Ellen and Corey at the zoo with the theif. It adds to the story line because if the theif wasnt there it would be just two kids camping out at the zoo looking at the animals. It gets resolved at the end of the story with the kids trapped.
ReplyDeleteWas this book something that you wanted to read and was it easy to get into. Can you relate to the things that are happening in the book. Would you recommend this book to other people to read.
ReplyDeleteThe main problem in this book is that Lakshmi is forced into prostitution, but along with that, her becoming desensitized to what happens around her is also a problem. When she first came into the brothel she was very scared but as time went on she became more used to her surroundings. When the new girls come in and get scared, she doesn't really react anymore, not even when they are screaming. Honestly seeing her get like this is very sad and it's even sadder to think that this happens to other people who get sold into prostitution. While Lakshmi does become desensitized, she's not all entirely like that in the end. Deep down, she's still cares for others and she wants to get out of there so she keeps fighting and eventually that leads to her getting rescued
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