1. National 4 Added Value Unit Conflict

2. Basic ideas A story has two main characters: Hero – protagonist The villain – antagonist A story has a goal: something that has to be done, an enemy to be defeated, a challenge to be won, a problem to be overcome A story has a plot: The antagonist gets in the way of the protagonist and tries to stop him/her achieving their goal What happens is what becomes the plot

3. Conflict There are two main types of conflict: External conflict Between the hero and the outside world or another character Internal conflict Within the hero, where he/she has to overcome their own weaknesses

4. External Conflict Your protagonist V your antagonist Individual vs. Individual Individual vs. Nature Individual vs. Society Individual vs. Machine Individual vs. some supernatural agency such as gods, demons, fate, etc.

5. Individual vs. Individual

8. Individual vs. nature

9. Individual vs. society

10. Individual vs. machine

12. Individual vs. the gods

13. Internal conflict Which direction does your character choose? How will your character cope with what he/she has experienced?

14. Does you character have a fear that they have to overcome?

15. Is the threat something that they can see?

16. Is their fear to do with a place or a situation?

17. Is their fear to do with a thing?

18. How will your character react to their fear?

19. Conflict and plot The stories that you have read will be full of situations where the characters experience conflict with others or within themselves. Try to understand the stories that you read in terms of conflict. List the conflicts and the reasons for them and the way that these conflicts are resolved.

20. Conflict and resolution Conflict is only the beginning of the story – it is how your protagonist deals with it that matters. Read your stories and focus on how the problem that is put in the protagonist’s way is resolved. How does your protagonist achieve his/her goals? Does your protagonist “grow” or change in the course of the story?

21. Conflict and resolution Does your character feel angry about what they have had to overcome? Does your character feel confused about what they have had to overcome? Does your character feel a sense of resolve about what they have had to overcome?

22. Your reaction to the story How do you feel about the main character and what they have had to go through? Did they react well or badly to the conflict and the situation? Did you admire them for the way that they handled it?