Blog for Week 4/27/15

Prompt: Brainstorm the different types of conflicts via your Google doc, creating a chart that addresses the conflict, types of conflicts, and the effect that the conflict had had on a plot so far. From your brainstorming session, choose at least two conflicts explore more in depth in this blog. Be sure to include textual evidence and support and also identify the effect that the conflict has had on the plot so far. 

            One of the conflicts in the book Of Mice And Men by John Steinfield is that Curley and Lennie get in a big fight. This is a Man vs. Man type of conflict because this situation was between two people. The effect on the conflict could be that Curley wants to get back at Lennie. He could get them fired because he is the son of Lennie's boss. In the book the effect on this is that Lennie's face had cuts and bruises. Curley ended up getting his had crushed by Lennie, because George told him to fight back. Lennie now is scared of Curley

            Another conflict in the book is that Lennie kills Curley's wife. This is also a Man vs. Man conflict because it was between two people. In the book it states, " 'But Curley's gonna want to shoot 'im. Curley's still mad about his hand.' " This shows that one of the effects on this could be that Curley finds out and gets mad, and would want to kill Lennie. Since Curley is still mad about Lennie hurting his hand, this would just make the situation much worse. 

            The last conflict to talk about is how Candy decided to end the life of his old dog. This is a Man vs. Self conflict because Candy is the one who has to deal with it. The effect on this is that Candy felt very upset. He also felt lonely because he has had that dog for a long time, and his dog was very important to him. Also the effect on this was that he felt regret. He felt regret because he thought that he should have been the one to kill him and not someone else. 

I commented on Justin's, Nick's, and Emily's blog.