In Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel The Hunger Games, the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, is faced with an external conflict. Because the struggle is against other characters, this would be character vs. The struggle is between two groups of people and serves as the primary obstacle the lovers, Romeo and Juliet, attempt to overcome in order to be together. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the two families, Capulets and Montagues, is an external conflict. In this movie, they are attempting to preserve their lives while chasing tornadoes.Įxamples of External Conflict in Literature
#DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONFLICT IN LITERATURE MOVIE#
nature is in the movie Twister in which the characters face a struggle with a tornado. Within those types of conflict, one can experience horizontal conflict, which is conflict with others that are at the same peer level as you, or vertical conflict, which is conflict with a manager or a subordinate. Conflict can also arise between two groups within the same organization, and that also would be considered intergroup conflict. Intergroup conflict is when conflict between groups inside and outside an organization disagree on various issues. Intragroup conflict takes place among them as they argue the pros and cons of taking such a risk. For instance, a board of directors may want to take a risk to launch a set of products on behalf of their organization, in spite of dissenting opinions among several members. Intragroup conflict is conflict within a group or team, where members conflict over goals or procedures. Steve Jobs was largely responsible for revitalizing Apple and bringing it to be one of the “Big Four” of technology, alongside Google, Amazon, and Facebook. However, Jobs went on to found the company NeXT (a computer platform development company), and when in 1997 NeXT and Apple merged, Jobs retook control of Apple as its CEO, where he remained until he resigned in 2011 because of health issues. Jobs ended up leaving the company, disclosing that hiring Sculley for the CEO position was the worst mistake he ever made. The conflict was put to an end by the board when they voted in favor of Sculley’s plan. Steve Jobs got wind of this and tried to sway the board in his favor. As Steve Jobs was still chairman of Apple’s board, it was Sculley’s wish that Jobs represent Apple to the outside world without any influence on the internal business. When MacIntosh sales didn’t meet expectations during the 1984 holiday shopping season, then-CEO of Apple John Sculley demanded that Steve Jobs be relieved of his position as vice president of the MacIntosh department. However, it wasn’t always such a strong contender in the market. As this type of conflict is between individuals, the conflicts can get very personal.Īpple is a global brand in fact, its reach is so prevalent you’re most likely in the same room as at least one Apple product. Interpersonal ConflictĪs you might guess, interpersonal conflict is conflict due to differences in goals, value, and styles between two or more people who are required to interact. Or it might be a role conflict where a worker might have to choose between dinner with clients or dinner with family. A worker whose goal it is to earn her MBA might experience an intrapersonal conflict when she’s offered a position that requires her to transfer to a different state. A lawyer may experience a conflict of values when he represents a defendant he knows to be guilty of the charges brought against him. The intrapersonal conflict is conflict experienced by a single individual, when his or her own goals, values or roles diverge. nature.” When examining workplace conflict, one sees that there are four basic types, and they’re not terribly different from those other conflicts you learned in freshman literature except that they all deal with conflict among people. man” scenario, and another might be “man vs. One might see a plot that outlines the “man vs. In literature, fledgling writers learn that there are many different kinds of conflict that arise in literature.