A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story. There are four basic conflicts:
• Person Against Person: A problem between characters.
• Person Against Self: A problem within a character’s own mind.
• Person Against Society: A problem between a character and society, school, the law, or some
tradition.
• Person Against Nature: A problem between a character and some element of nature-a blizzard,
a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.