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Conflict - Graphic Organizer

The document provides a graphic organizer analyzing the types of conflicts seen in the short story "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell. It identifies four main types of conflict: character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society, and internal conflict. The central conflict of the story is described as the internal struggle within the narrator, who is torn between his moral values telling him not to harm the elephant and the external pressures from colonial British society expecting him to shoot it.

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Conflict - Graphic Organizer

The document provides a graphic organizer analyzing the types of conflicts seen in the short story "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell. It identifies four main types of conflict: character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society, and internal conflict. The central conflict of the story is described as the internal struggle within the narrator, who is torn between his moral values telling him not to harm the elephant and the external pressures from colonial British society expecting him to shoot it.

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Conflict in Literature – Graphic Organizer Name: Teddy

Examples I see in
Type of movies, books, or TV Evidence in
Conflict shows Shooting an Elephant My Take

In "Shooting an Elephant," the This conflict highlights the


narrator, who is also the main tension between the colonizer
Characte In many stories,
character, is in conflict with the (the narrator) and the
r characters clash with
Burmese people who expect him to colonized (the Burmese
vs. each other due to
shoot the elephant. They want him people), showing the
Characte opposing goals,
to do it to avoid humiliation, while complexities of imperialism
r beliefs, or values.
he is conflicted about whether to and the power dynamics at
kill the elephant or not. play.

There isn't a direct character vs.


While nature isn't a central
nature conflict in "Shooting an
In this type of conflict, conflict, it contributes to the
Characte Elephant." However, the hostile
a character faces overall atmosphere of the
r environment of British-occupied
challenges or dangers story, emphasizing the
vs. Burma, including the oppressive
from the natural harshness of the setting and
Nature heat and the unruly elephant, adds
world the pressures on the
to the overall sense of tension and
protagonist.
conflict in the story.

The narrator in "Shooting an


Elephant" is in conflict with the This conflict highlights the
This conflict arises
Characte expectations of the British colonial theme of the individual versus
when a character is at
r society he represents. He feels the collective, where societal
odds with societal
vs. pressured to conform to their pressures can force individuals
norms, expectations,
Society expectations and shoot the to act against their own moral
or values.
elephant to maintain his authority compass.
and avoid ridicule.

The central conflict in "Shooting an


Internal conflict This internal conflict serves as
Elephant" is the internal struggle
Characte occurs within a the driving force of the
within the narrator himself. He is
r character's mind, narrative, illustrating the
torn between his personal moral
vs. where they grapple psychological toll that
values, which tell him not to harm
Self with their own colonialism and societal
the elephant, and the external
(Internal) thoughts, emotions, expectations can have on an
pressures from society, which
or choices. individual's conscience.
demand that he shoot it.

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