The purpose of the Transitional Goal is to bring the character into the external, Preexisting Conflicts of the story. While, he may have had conflicts of his own in Act One, the character was either willfully or unintentionally ignorant of the conflicts raging around him in the world at large. The Transitional Goal he pursues in Act Two brings him out of the periphery and into the story proper. Just as this goal transitions him from inaction to action, it also transitions him from a mere spectator on the sidelines to a true player in the game.
