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The main conflict in the book that I am reading is the Jeff would not admit that he has a mental problem. He is in denial that he is crazy. While Jeff is in the phychic ward, he gets to see other people's problems. I think that the problems will be solved, because they have help with them. I am rooting for Jeff to come out and tell the other participants in the group what his problem is. I kind of can relate to this because I have some problems that I should tell my friends, but like Jeff it is hard to tell the truth. A quote that shows this conflict in the book is "Come on, nobody says why they are really here. Not at first. Nobody wants to be the biggest freak"(Ford 161). This shows that everyone has their own problems and that they need to tell, but it is difficult for everyone.
A conflict in my story is one of the popular boys find out that Cass has a secret and he wants to know so she can help him. Cass is worried because see doesn't want anyone to know. I think that he will find out anyways because that is the whole point of the book. I think later on though their will be a bigger conflict, but I'll just have to keep reading to find out. I do not relate with this conflict.
The main conflict in the story is that Ashley has been separated from her family. I don't think this will be resolved because she tells her current foster parent about her mom's secret child. now her mother is probably going to jail...again. I hope that Ashley gets to be able to live with her mother, but that's highly unlikely because of her mom's record. I can't relate to this conflict because I've never been separated from my family. A quote showing the conflict is "Sunshine, not today, but soon"(Rhodes-Courter 12). This shows it because phrases like these from her mother, as a child, gave her hope that one day, they'll be reunited and be happy.
The main conflict in my book right now is that the Lisbon sisters are committing suicide one by one and so far we dont know why. I doubt that this problem will be resolve because right now it seems that they have made a pact to commit suicide. Cecilia Lisbon was the first sister to commit suicide. A quote that lets us know that all the sisters committed suicide is " Officially, Cecilia's death was listed in church records as an "accident," as were the other girls' a year later." this shows us that the sisters probably all decided to commit suicide one after another because of how close the girls were. well i cant wait to find out how the other girls die and what happens in the neighborhood with all the other kids. I can in a way relate to this because I have had friends that tried to commit suicide but I have never been in their position before.
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Brenda, nice job! Why will it help Steve to tell the group his problems? I guess telling people will always help, right? Great quote! (10/10)
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Tayanna, why don't you relate to the conflict? Can you provide a quote? Be sure you answer all the questions. (7/10)
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Steve, I'm so happy to see MLA used correctly! I like your quote and think it's probably good that you can't relate to it. (10/10)
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Yazmin, what a serious subject. It must be hard to read a whole book about it, but it also sounds like a unique, interesting story. I am always sad to hear that anyone has ever been made to feel as though life is too hard to bear. I'm sure you've been a good friend to have for someone feeling like that. (10/10)
The main conflict so far in "Life Of Pi" is between Pi and himself. He is in love with religion, and can't "stick" with one. He feels pressured by his parents and the leaders of the many houses of worship he attends, to pick a religion and stay with it. I do not think it will be resolved. The main character has such a deep compassion for religion in general, that he will never be able to settle on one, and that is OK. In this conflict I am definitely rooting for "Pi". He is views religion in such a unique, and healthy way, I can't help but liking him. I can totally relate to this conflict. I often have to pick between multiple sports, when i would rather just play all of them. I wish I could just play all the sports, like "Pi" experiences all the religions. "Pi' is raised christian, but in his childhood he experiences the many different ways in which to connect with god. He becomes a religious nomad, connecting with god through Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Martel writes, "We sat cross-legged listening to the Imam until the time came to pray. Then the random pattern of sitters disappeared as we stood and arranged ourselves shoulder to shoulder in rows, every space ahead being filled by someone from behind until every line was solid and we were row after row of worshippers. It felt good to bring my forehead to the ground. Immediately it felt like a deeply religious contact" (Martel 61). This quote shows Pi's love for not the particular religion, but for what that religion does for him. He can deeply appreciate the different "styles" of different religions, without feeling like he is betraying god by worshiping in many different "houses of god".
The main problem is Kate finding her self and what she misses from her old lifestyle. She can resolve this she just needs expect her past and move forward. Im rooting for Kate to get what she wants because she seems like a good person, with mediation and all the family problems she's been through. She has a accepting heart so I most defiantly am rooting for her. One quote which shows her conflicts is "Looking around her she noticed most of the meditators shared the teacher"s somewhat smug, well-fed look. They were overwhelmingly white and middle-to upper-middle-class and had the money and leisure time to be at a retreat. In fact, she noted, she seemed to be the only person of color there. What's was wrong with this picture"(5) This shows she's more aware of her surrounding and what's wrong with the area she was in.
One of the main conflicts described in Chapter 30 in my story is that Captain Hunter and his crew goes into a hurricane strike in the ocean on their ship. The crew begins to panic while the Captain tries to calm and reassure his crew that all will be alright. I think this will be resolved if the entire crew just work together and trust one another. I am rooting for Captain Hunter because he can pretty much solve any problem like a storm. I would say that this conflict is similar to an event that I encountered. I was a member of a ball team in my elementary school. My whole team thought that we were going to lose because our team was uncoordinated and we didn’t have the confidence to win. Then one student told them as long as everyone is calm and knows what to do, we would be able to win and overcome any feelings of losing. Later on, we started getting more points and we won the game. This quote that depicts the conflict in my book is: “Hunter’s crew knew of the awful power of these giant cyclonic events and responded to the terrible physical reality of the storm with the oldest sailor’s superstitions and rites.” (Crichton 288) This quote shows that Hunter’s crew was not in shape and giant waves were mowing down on their ship causing a feeling of helplessness.
The conflict in my story would have to be that there is a poor jewish family of 7 living in "the ghetto". The mother, Shusha, was always mistreated by her own mother which is also her landlord. When Shusha was younger her mother would always be overprotective of her and was always very strict because there was a curse where they live, that young women would run away. So since then her mother was very strict and did not let her talk to men or let her get married, but she did anyway and had 5 kids. One of shusha's children started having strange dreams and would awake in a pile of feathers and thats becoming a mystery of the family that only Shusha knows about but does not want to reveal. " Shusha did not tell miriam (eldest daughter) what she knew so well: That the feathers in roxanna's bed came from her dreams, that in them roxanna was flying like a bird, or an angel, over a sea that was vast and limitless and that led her away from the tight borders of their ghetto and that the wings and the sea air spilled over the edge of the night sometimes, skipping the line between desire and truth, and poured into Roxanna's bed to speak of her longings. " ( Nahai 11)
The main conflict in the story is about the humans of the post-apocalyptic world trying to figure what happened; what caused the apocalypse; and the reasons behind it. There are questions of God, Christianity, and religion in general. The people in the story try to understand and cope with the existence of other-worldly creatures that were difficult to imagine in the first place. I think this will be resolved or at least partially explained, because it's sort of what the whole book is about. It wouldn't be a good book if the conflict or mystery was left unsolved. I haven't been rooting for any character yet; I don't think I ever do, really. None of the characters have really appealed to me or have truly caught my attention. I can sort of relate to the conflict, and I kinda don't at the same time. I'm not religious, so I can relate to the story in that way, but as for caring and having a strong enough opinion on the matter of God and religion in general is how I don't relate to the conflict. "You don't have a monopoly on God's Word...It's open to different interpretations" (45 Chadbourn) This quote is an excerpt from one of many discussions on the matter of religion; they try to figure and sort things out to help explain what's going on in their now chaos-riddled world
The main conflict in the book im reading is that Jake( main charecter ) decides to stop talking after his HUGE fight with his bestfriend. Jake had said some harsh things that he regrets and wishes he can take back. He thought of a plan that instead of communicatng with words he should just write everything out to avoid going off on people. I dont think this will be resolved because there friendship is already dying and there doesnt seem like theres anything Jake can do to make up for it. There isnt really anybody im rooting for because everybody has there own personality and i like all of the charecters equally. I could relate to this ALOT actually because i have done some mean things ot people in the past and i oftenly yell at people just out of anger and dont realize im hurting them until after they stop talking to me. I felt like i learned from being mean to others because i dont like loosing good friends and i wouldnt want somebody being mean to me. "Writing feels safer somehow. I can catch myself before I say the wrong thing." This quote stands out to me because this is were Jake feels safe and this is what happened all after the arguement.
The main conflict in this story is the lack of a proper education in the public schools in the most poverished towns and cities in America. It's hard to tell whether or not this conflict can ever be solved, but I can only hope so. Society is sort of destined to always have a lower class. It's always been that way, but it doesn't mean that it has to affect the quality of a child's education. I'm lucky enough to say that I can't relate to the issue these children face, but I can sympathize.
The main conflict in my story is the fact that Pudge is experiencing everything in a new way. He was tired of his home life so he went off to boarding school, and what was once a good little kid is now following his own path, which includes pranks, drugs, sex, and of course school. I feel like I'm definitely rooting for Pudge, because in many ways his life mimics my own, and I honestly wish I could throw myself into a new situation and come out on top like he has. A good quote to show how this is changing Pudge would be, "Francois Rabelais. He was this poet. And his last words were 'I go to seek a Great Perhaps. ' That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps. " ( Green, 4). I think this quote really shows a great transition, because it is Pudge basically telling everyone that he wants a change in his life.
Erin wrote: "Hello again! Thanks for all your posts last week. I hope you read my comments in return. For this week, I want you to respond to the following:1) Describe the main conflict in your story. ..."
the main conflict in my story is that the kids of general matsika have Ben kidnapped and he hires these detectives called the eye, the ear, and the arm to find his kids. I am rooting for the detectives because they are so close to finding them its just that they can't figure out some details. I cannot relate to this conflict as I have never Ben kidnapped and I am no detective.
The main conflict in “It” by Stephen King is man vs. supernatural because there is a supernatural force of evil controlling Pennywise the Clown and this force causes all of the characters to be bombarded by him. I don’t think this conflict can be resolved unless someone catches Pennywise killing another without getting themselves killed. Just being a witness will not help because no one would believe there’s an insane clown on the lose killing people. Also, Pennywise has his strategies. He is able to catch people at the right time (of course) when no one is around and uses his victims fears in order to capture them. I’m not rooting for any character because it is not a matter of winning in the book, but a matter of life and death. Although, I am excited to see more of the strategies Pennywise uses in order to lure his victims in. I can’t relate to this conflict, but I can relate to how the people’s fears can affect them and make them paranoid about certain situations. For example, there was a child who was afraid he’d get dragged into a dark place and be killed by a monster. When I was a child, I also had that fear and Pennywise used this exact fear to kill the child. A quote that demonstrates this conflict is in fact when this child was killed. The story shares, “The clown seized his arm. And George saw the clowns face change. What he saw then was terrible enough to make his worst imaginings of the thing in the cellar look like sweet dreams…” (King 14). This quote shows how the clown would take peoples worst nightmares and make them reality in order to kill them.
The Zombie Survival Guide is not written in the form of a story but, instead, teaches one how to survive a zombie apocalypse. Zombie outbreaks can be resolved by getting rid of the viruses that cause a zombie to be infected. Ways to rid a zombie of this virus include killing the zombie, burning the zombie, or waiting until the zombie rots away and the virus loses its host body. There is not really a way I can relate to this, but there is a way I recall reading about in a Simpsons comic book. In one story, aliens invaded Earth and put everybody they met into pods, which genetically clones the person and causes him/her to become a mindless zombie-like alien. Homer and Marge eventually just fled their hometown to get away but eventually Marge gets cloned and tries to get Homer. Max Brooks describes, "Before the dead arise... certain homeowners will find... various measure can be employed to fortify it" (Brooks 66). When "the dead," zombies, attack, people will try to "fortify it," meaning they will try to defend their homes by constructing obstacles that zombies cannot easily pass through.
The conflict in Bodega Dreams seams to be The tention between Julio(aka Chino), Enrique(aka Sapo), and Blanca(Julio's Wife). Because Blanca does not like Julio hanging out or doing favors for Sapo, she gets really mad at Julio when she knows he is going to do something him anyway. Julio doesn't like when Blanca more or less nags him telling him that Sapo is a bad person only involved in drugs, fights, etc.. Blanca does not like Sapo and does not want him coming to her house. Sapo doesn't seem to care about what Blanca thinks about him still hanging out with Julio or what he does. I do think think these conflicts will go away sometime later in the story. Maybe from a terrible accindent, a life changing , or saving a life. I am rooting for Julio to try to make the right decisions to get a better life, try and get Sapo and Blanca to get along, a good education, and get Blanca through her pregnancy. I not sure I can realate to any of the conflicts Between them because I don't think I know a time when that happended. "You know he's bad news. Always has been. I don't want you around Enrique." "He's a drug dealer, Julio."(Blanca) "Man, you're brilliant, Blanca. What could have possibly given him away?" I think this quote shows how Blanca can't stand Enrique and no matter what Julio defends his old friend.
The main conflict in Walk Two Moons is Sal's journey to find her mother. I think this will be resolved. Sal and her grandparents are on a cross country trip across America and Sal's mom's grave is one of the stops of the trip. I am very optimistic Sal will find her mother's grave. I trust that she is stronghearted enough to make it there one time as well. This is not really a conflict I can relate to. Both my parents are alive and live with me so I have no experience with what she's dealing with. A quote I really like in Walk Two Moons is, "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccassins." This really describes Sal. Everyone thinks shes a very blunt girl who is nothing out of the ordinary, but deep beneath the surface she really is a stronghearted girl.
I am reading an eccentric book, John Dies at the End, this book is quite long, coming in at about four hundred fifty pages, and is styled in an episodic layout. The lines between episodes are blurred, as the characters frequently reference previous episodes, and it all flows chronologically. Having been said, the immediate conflict is dynamic and changes from time to time, but the over-arching, main conflict is constant, I will try to say this as simply as possible, people are becoming portals to alternate worlds by taking a drug called soy sauce, most users die and become an inter-dimensional transport for some unknown demon spawn. Our main characters, Dave and John, survived being accidentally injected and are trying to fight the invasion, but mostly are simply trying to survive. Anyways the main conflict for Dave is that he is the target of dimension shifting hell-beasts, and he just wants a doughnut, no seriously, that's part of the story. Furthermore, because the soy sauce has affected him, he sees very unusual and disturbing things in the world around him, fighting insanity is a very real conflict for him.
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Raymond, I feel jealous of Pi too. He lives in a particular culture where religious identity is strong but also very diverse. We have a similar culture but I think our experiences of "the other" are still limited. I guess I envy Pi's nomadic spirit, the bravery that drives him to be such an explorer. Interesting post (10/10).
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Imani, I really like that the "accepting heart" resonates with you. Your quote choice makes your book really intriguing to me. (10/10)
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Jerald, it sounds like there are some very interesting characters in your book. And, your own situation shows why having a strong person in charge can help to make a difference (10/10).
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Claudia, oh my what a beautiful quote. The soft imagery is enticing -- it almost makes me feel like I'm floating with her. Have you ever experience anything similar? (9/10)
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Morgan, I like your explanation of how you do and don't relate to this book. It's interesting that you like books even though you don't often feel that you "root" for the characters. Some people wouldn't read if they felt that way, but you must read for lots of other reasons! (10/10)
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Ashley, I REALLY like your quote. I like how it also, obviously, made you think about how hard it is to think before we act. I've never thought of writing helping in this way, but it makes sense! Watch capitalization! (9/10)
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Eva, I think your book details a serious tragedy. And, yes, I'm glad you can't relate. Is there a quote that could elucidate the conflict (8/10).
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Roger, oh my gosh I LOVE the concept of the Great Perhaps. That's such a fascinating way to sum up an optimistic worldview. In other words, it lets us think of life as possibility rather than limits. I love it! (10/10).
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Geovanni, you switched books. I like Nancy Farmer, but yes it can be hard to relate to science fiction. However, can you find a quote; your post needs to be a bit longer (7/10)
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Miyah, AGH! Using people's fears to kill them is a terrifying concept. Only Stephen King! Beautiful writing here with great quote choice. (10/10)
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Robert, I love the satirical quality of your book. I guess you must be prepared for a zombie attack at all times. Does the book suggest that zombies appear for certain reasons? (9/10)
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Rafael, the relationships in your book sound complex. I'm glad you feel connected to the success of your characters. Be sure you check for spelling (9/10)
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Brian, I like how it seems that you respect Sal. What does it mean to "walk two moons?" Does the book answer that at all (10/10)
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Michael, "soy sauce" sounds like a hellish drug. Why do they take it? Are they forced to? Is it enticing for other reasons? I'm intrigued. (10/10)
Ms. Willard's Humanities 10 B/F Group
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1) Describe the main conflict in your story. Do you think it will be resolved? If so, how? If not, why? 2) Are you rooting for a particular person or character in this conflict? Who and why?
3) Is this a conflict that you can relate to? If yes, how? If not, why not?
4) Pick a quote that demonstrates something about the central conflict of this story. Be sure to explain what the quote shows!